stenograph

sten·o·graph  (stn-grf)

n.

1. A keyboard machine for reproducing letters in a shorthand system.

2. A character in shorthand.

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stenograph [ˈstɛnəˌgræf -ˌgrɑːf]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any of various keyboard machines for writing in shorthand

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any character used in shorthand

vb

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to record (speeches, minutes, letters, etc.) in shorthand

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stenograph - a shorthand character                 grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
	2.	stenograph - a machine for typewriting shorthand characters typewriter - hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
Verb	1.	stenograph - write in shorthand; "The students were able to stenograph and record the conversation" write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"