tachygraphy

  • 11tachygraphy — ta•chyg•ra•phy [[t]tæˈkɪg rə fi, tə [/t]] n. shorthand, esp. any of various shorthand systems of the ancient Greeks and Romans • Etymology: 1635–45 …

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  • 12tachygraphy — Short hand or stenography …

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  • 13tachygraphy — /tæˈkɪgrəfi/ (say ta kigruhfee) noun the Greek and Roman handwriting used for rapid stenography and writing. –tachygrapher, tachygraphist, noun –tachygraphic /tækiˈgræfɪk/ (say takee grafik), tachigraphical /tækiˈgræfɪkəl/ (say takee grafikuhl),… …

  • 14tachygraphy —   n. shorthand; shortened cursive writing.    ♦ tachygrapher,    ♦ tachygraphist, n.    ♦ tachygraphical, a …

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  • 15tachygraphy — n. 1 stenography, esp. that of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 2 the abbreviated medieval writing of Greek and Latin. Derivatives: tachygrapher n. tachygraphic adj. tachygraphical adj …

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  • 16Shorthand — is an abbreviated and/or symbolic writing method that increases speed or brevity of writing as compared to a normal method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphē …

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  • 17Thomas Shelton (estenógrafo) — Para traductor inglés de Miguel de Cervantes, véase Thomas Shelton. . Thomas Shelton (c.1600 1650) inventó sistemas taquigráficos. En 1626 publicó sus primeros resultados con el título Short Writing; en 1637/8 publicó Tachygraphy,[1] primer… …

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  • 18tachygraphie — ⇒TACHYGRAPHIE, subst. fém. ÉCRITURE. Système d écriture rapide utilisant un alphabet conventionnel ou un système de signes tel la sténographie (d apr. MAR. Lex. 1951). Pepys personnifie son temps (...). Son œuvre est une sorte de journal de bord… …

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  • 19tachygraph — [ta kig′rə fər, təkig′rə fərtak′i graf΄] n. [Fr tachygraphe < Gr tachygraphos, swift writer: see TACHY & GRAPH] 1. something written in tachygraphy 2. a person skilled in tachygraphy: also tachygrapher [ta kig′rə fər, təkig′rə fər] …

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  • 20Tachygraph — Tach y*graph, n. An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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