stenotype

Speech parts

1. stenotype - Noun

2. stenotype - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

shorthand stenography stenograph phonography

Phrases with the word

stenotype reporter stenotype machine stenotype keyboard stenotype operator

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

Stenotrema pilsbryi stenotritid stenotus acaulis stenotype keyboard stenotype machine stenotype reporter