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stenotypes

stenotypes is the plural of stenotype.

Meaning of stenotype

Noun

stenotype (plural stenotypes)

  1. A keyboard machine used to record a version of shorthand using a series of phonetic symbols.
  2. Any of the characters used in this shorthand system.
    • Each consonant sign is represented by the letter or letters of the common alphabet by which it is most readily suggested. In the following table each stenotype is placed directly under its stem […]1873, James Eugene Munson, The Complete Phonographer

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Questions about stenotypes

What is stenotypes the plural of?
Stenotypes is the plural of stenotype.

Words near stenotypes in the dictionary

  1. stenotopy
  2. stenotritid
  3. stenotritids
  4. stenotype
  5. stenotyped
  6. stenotypes
  7. stenotypic
  8. stenotypical
  9. stenotyping
  10. stenotypist
  11. stenotypists

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