tachygraphy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tachygraphy
    n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: {shorthand},
         {stenography}, {tachygraphy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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).
   [1913 Webster]