\Pho*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Phono- + -graphy.]
1. A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds
   uttered by the organs of speech.
2. A representation of sounds by distinctive characters;
   commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac
   Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by
   reporters.
Note: The consonants are represented by straight lines and
      curves; the vowels by dots and short dashes; but by
      skilled phonographers, in rapid work, most vowel marks
      are omitted, and brief symbols for common words and
      combinations of words are extensively employed. The
      following line is an example of phonography, in which
      all the sounds are indicated:
   They also serve who only stand and wait.    --Milton.
3. The art of constructing, or using, the phonograph.