ste‧nog‧ra‧phy /stəˈnɒɡrəfi $ -ˈnɑː-/ 
 noun [uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700; 
Language: Greek; 
Origin: stenos 'narrow' + English -graphy] 
American English or British English old-fashioned a fast way of writing in which you use special signs or short forms of words, used especially to record what someone is saying
 Synonym : shorthand  [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲