Phonography

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The science or practice of transcribing speech by means of symbols representing elements of sound; phonetic transcription.
  • n. A system of shorthand based on phonetic transcription.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the transcription of speech using symbols
  • n. a form of shorthand using such symbols
  • n. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
  • n. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters.
  • n. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The science of sound-signs, or the representation of vocal sounds.
  • n. The representation of words as they are pronounced; specifically, a system of phonetic writing in shorthand introduced by Isaac Pitman of Bath, England, in the year 1837.
  • n. The construction and use of phonographs, and the recording of sound by mechanical means, with a view to its reproduction.
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