Phonography \Pho*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Phono- + -graphy.]
   1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds
      uttered by the organs of speech.
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   2. 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.
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   Note: The consonants are represented by straight lines and
         curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by
         skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks
         are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and
         combinations of words are extensively employed. The
         following line is an example of phonography, in which
         all the sounds are indicated: 
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               They also serve who only stand and wait.
                                                  --Milton.

   3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.
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