Pho-nog'ra-phy, n.

n. [Fr. phonographie, from Gr. φωνή, sound, and γράφειν, to write.]

1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or of sounds uttered by the organs of speech.
2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; a system of short-hand invented by Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, and at present much employed by reporters.

¶ The consonants are represented by straight lines and curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes. Abbreviations of various kinds are extensively used. The following line is an example of the simplest form or style of phonography. They also serve who only stand and wait. Milton.