phonography

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phonography - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phonography \Pho*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Phono- + -graphy.]
     1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds
        uttered by the organs of speech.
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     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.
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     Note: The consonants are represented by straight lines and
           curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by
           skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks
           are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and
           combinations of words are extensively employed. The
           following line is an example of phonography, in which
           all the sounds are indicated: 
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                 They also serve who only stand and wait.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
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