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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tachygraphy

Tachygraphy \Ta*chyg"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie.] The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.
--I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
tachygraphy

"shorthand, stenography," 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek takhygraphia, from takhys "swift" (see tachy-) + -graphia (see -graphy). Related: Tachygraphic; tachygrapher "stenographer" (especially among the ancients; see Tironian).

Wiktionary
tachygraphy

n. 1 The art and practice of rapid writing. 2 stenography or shorthand as done in ancient and medieval times.

Usage examples of "tachygraphy".

Meseems it is in its way a style of tachygraphy or short-hand such as I use to set down these pages.