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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a method of writing rapidly;
[syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. written in abbreviated or symbolic form;
- Example: "shorthand notes"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shorthand \Short"hand`\, n.
   A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting
   characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words,
   etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under
   Phonography.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shorthand
    adj 1: written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand
           notes"
    n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand,
         stenography, tachygraphy]