tachygraphy

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-- The phonographic system of stenography, tachygraphy, or short-hand writing, is, I incline to believe, a very great improvement upon the earlier methods.

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  1. noun The art or practice of rapid writing or shorthand, especially the stenography of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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  1. from Greek ταχύς, swift, + -γραφία, from γράφειν, write.
 

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/təˈkɪgrəfi/
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