Shorthand

n.

1.

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

Noun	1.	shorthand - a method of writing rapidly Synonyms: stenography
Adj.	1.	shorthand - written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"

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