1.
[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]