Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stenography \Ste*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? narrow, close + graphy:
   cf. F. st['e]nographie, G. stenographie.]
   The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or
   characters for whole words; shorthand.

Source : WordNet®

stenography
     n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: {shorthand}]
     2: the act or art of writing in shorthand; "stenography is no
        longer a marketable skill"