D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Shorthand

/shôr'-thăndˌ/ · Short·hand · IPA /ˈʃɔɹthænd/
01 n. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; s…
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    A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography. See: Phonography