1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Stenography

STENOGRAPHY (from Gr. στενός, close, narrow, and γράφειν, to write), the system or art of writing by signs representing single sounds or groups of sounds, single words or groups of words, sometimes also styled "brachygraphy" (Gr. βραχύς, short); it is a general term including all the various systems of shorthand writing (see Shorthand).