1. stenotype - Noun
2. stenotype - Verb
A keyboard machine used to record a version of shorthand using a series of phonetic symbols.
Any of the characters used in this shorthand system.
stenotype (third-person singular simple present stenotypes, present participle stenotyping, simple past and past participle stenotyped)
(transitive) To record using a stenotype.
Currently stenotype machines hold the record for fastest word entry. Source: Internet
Many stenotype users can reach 300 words per minute. Source: Internet
The first typed shorthand machines appeared around 1880, roughly current with QWERTY, but the first stenotype machines appeared in 1913. Source: Internet
The output of the stenotype was originally a phonetic code that had to be transcribed later (usually by the same operator who produced the original output), rather than arbitrary text—automatic conversion software is now commonplace. Source: Internet