D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Phonography

· Pho·nog·ra·phy · IPA
01 n. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
  1. 1.
    A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
  2. 2.
    A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.
    “They also serve who only stand and wait.” Milton.
  3. 3.
    The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.