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phonography definition

pho·nog·ra·phy (fō näg′rə fē, fə-)

noun

  1. a written or printed representation of the sounds of speech; phonetic spelling or transcription
  2. any system of shorthand based on a phonetic transcription of speech; esp., the system invented by Sir Isaac Pitman

Etymology: phono- + -graphy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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