stenotype

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/ˈstɛnə(ʊ)(ˌ)taɪp/

noun

A keyboard machine used to record a version of shorthand using a series of phonetic symbols.

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Meanings

nounstenotype (plural stenotypes)

plural stenotypes

  1. A keyboard machine used to record a version of shorthand using a series of phonetic symbols.
  2. Any of the characters used in this shorthand system.

    Each consonant sign is represented by the letter or letters of the common alphabet by which it is most readily suggested. In the following table each stenotype is placed directly under its stem […]

    1873, James Eugene Munson, The Complete Phonographer
verbstenotype (third-person singular simple present stenotypes, present participle stenotyping, simple past and past participle stenotyped)

present singular third person stenotypes · participle present stenotyping · participle past stenotyped · past stenotyped

  1. transitiveTo record using a stenotype.

Origin

From steno- + -type.

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Translations

Catalan estenotípia
  • estenotípiakeyboard machine
Italian stenotipia
  • stenotipiakeyboard machine
Cite this entry
APA

stenotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenotype

MLA

“stenotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stenotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stenotype.

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