sten|o|type

sten|o|type
sten|o|type «STEHN uh typ», noun, verb, -typed, -typ|ing.
–n.
1. a letter or group of letters used for a sound, word, or phrase in stenotypy.
2. a) a keyboard machine, like a small typewriter, used to print such letters; shorthand machine. b) Also, Stenotype. a trademark for this kind of machine.
–v.t., vi.
to write or record with a stenotype.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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