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tachygraph

American  
[tak-i-graf, -grahf] / ˈtæk ɪˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

  1. tachygraphic writing.

  2. a person who writes or is skilled in writing tachygraphy.

Etymology

Origin of tachygraph

First recorded in 1800–10; tachy- + -graph

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A mathematical instrument maker at Paris, of the name of Conti, has conceived the notion of a portable instrument which he calls a tachygraph, by means of which any person may write, or rather print, as fast as any other person can speak.

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