Definition of Shorthands

1. Noun. (plural of shorthand) ¹

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Definition of Shorthands

1. shorthand [n] - See also: shorthand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorthands

shortfallings
shortfalls
shortfin
shortfin mako
shortfins
shortgown
shortgowns
shorthair
shorthaired
shorthairs
shorthand
shorthand typist
shorthanded
shorthandedly
shorthands (current term)
shorthead
shortheads
shorthold
shorthorn
shorthorn sculpin
shorthorn sculpins
shorthorns
shortia
shortias
shortie
shorties
shorting
shortish
shortite

Literary usage of Shorthands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"... ss defines syntactic shorthands and the main functions used for ... definitions and syntactic shorthands ; Partial evaluator for first order functional ..."

2. An Autobiography by Herbert ( Spencer (1904)
"In Phonography when used for reporting, as in older shorthands, the consonants alone are marked, and " Legible Shorthand," as my father called his system, ..."

3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1854)
"... knowledge could not then be acquired without some insight, at least, into the shorthands of Egypt. I say the shorthands of Egypt; for we must extend ..."

4. The Phonographic Magazine by Jerome Bird Howard, Phonographic Institute Company (1906)
"The Pernin, Sloan, Malone and Gregg shorthands are all essentially ... shorthands do not accomplish one per cent of the expert shorthand reporting done in ..."

5. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"... where it seemed to prejudice the theoretical questions. Other proposals of chemical nomenclature and shorthands around this same time were met ..."

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