shorthand
taquigrafía
definition
noun
These notes are almost entirely written in Aramaic in a form of shorthand abbreviations.
a method of rapid writing by means of abbreviations and symbols, used especially for taking dictation. The major systems of shorthand are those devised in 1837 by Sir Isaac Pitman and in 1888 by John R. Gregg ( 1867–1948 ).
translation of 'shorthand'
noun
taquigrafía
adjective
taquigráfico,
tomado en taquigrafía
example
Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman 'shorthand' system of writing, went up for sale.
The chemical formula provides a great deal of information about a substance in 'shorthand' form.
It also defies commentators to find an easy generic 'shorthand' for its mode of creation.
When he was just 12, Mr Walton's father persuaded a local journalist to teach his son 'shorthand' in the hope that it would open doors to a better career.
But it is a useful 'shorthand' that signals both the wider ways in which dearer petrol hurts our economy and the sense of malignity from a distance.
This focus seems to have gone from a useful 'shorthand' to an obsession.
The name Tony Soprano replaced Michael Corleone as 'shorthand' for thug-like tactics.
They condense complicated concepts into 'shorthand' words and phrases, saving time.
He even went to great lengths to conceal his work by writing in cryptic 'shorthand' or writing backwards.
He and his brothers all helped out with reporting and were so skilled at 'shorthand' that each could read the other's verbatim notes.
Among the generals in the 1940s the 'shorthand' for being arrested and beaten up was ‘having coffee with Beria’.
It becomes a touchstone, something that people can refer to, use as a 'shorthand' and take as a common foundation.
This is a convenient 'shorthand' for certain important developments which have impacted English studies in India.
a 'shorthand' typist
Each page on the pads is filled with all sorts of bizarre 'shorthand' scribbled in a totally random fashion around the edges.
For journalists, it could well signal the death-knell of the spiral-bound notebook with its copious 'shorthand' notes.
Every meaningless name became 'shorthand' for a certain class status.
While part two gives you a nice 'shorthand' to get your point across, part one precludes the fact that something doesn't have to be new to be good.
poetry for him is simply a 'shorthand' for literature that has aesthetic value
A 'shorthand' system such as the Banff system is completely opaque to nonspecialists.
It doesn't often happen but when it does, the slogan provides a 'shorthand' for the entire campaign.
Each supports the other by writing letters composed of little more than their own 'shorthand' dialogue.
Her tired assistant sat opposite her scribbling away on her notepad, writing in 'shorthand' every word that her employer was saying.
Part of the symphony was substantially complete, but the rest consisted of 'shorthand' scribbles and anguished remarks in the margins.
Stories and our memory of them then provide both an interpretive function and a 'shorthand' for the business of interpretation.
My flatmate and I use ‘dutch’ as a 'shorthand' for anything we disapprove of.
he took notes in 'shorthand'
Hinduism is not a unified system of belief and practice, and should at best be regarded as a convenient 'shorthand' for a complex social and cultural phenomenon.
Well I guess they do have some 'shorthand' or abbreviations but then, how do they remember them all?
With the development of girls' education and the acquisition of typing and 'shorthand' skills, women increasingly made their mark on this sector.
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