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stenograph

stenograph

9.8
A keyboard machine used to type shorthand quickly for court reporting
  • noun
  • /ˈstɛnəˌgræf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : máquina de estenografía
  • To improve her skills, she practiced on her stenograph for several hours each day.

Examples

  • The court reporter used her stenograph to transcribe the witness's testimony quickly.

  • (stenograph clacking)

    Presumed Dead (2006)

  • (stenograph clacking)

    Presumed Dead (2006)

  • During the trial, the stenograph captured every word spoken by the attorneys.

Synonyms

stenotype
vsstenograph
  • Specialized
8.7

A small keyboard machine that types shorthand to record speech quickly

is used mainly to produce written records for court reporting and transcription

Surface Forms

stenograph singular
stenographs plural

Morphology

stenograph = graph (opaque) = steno + graph

The machine sense is a specialized technical development, so the meaning is not plainly derived for most learners from the component parts.

Etymology

Stenograph for the machine takes its name from Greek steno- 'narrow' and -graph 'write', meaning 'narrow writing'. A stenograph machine is like a very fast 'typewriter' made to record shorthand notes, which is why it has that name.