shorthand

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shorthand
    adj 1: written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand
           notes"
    n 1: a method of writing rapidly [syn: {shorthand},
         {stenography}, {tachygraphy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shorthand \Short"hand`\, n.
   A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting
   characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words,
   etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under
   {Phonography}.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "shorthand":
      Speedwriting, arrowhead, autograph, autographic, brachygraphy,
      calligraphic, character, chirographic, contraction, cuneiform,
      cursive, demotic character, determinative, engrossed, flowing,
      grammalogue, graphic, graphoanalytic, graphologic, graphometric,
      hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hiragana,
      holograph, holographic, ideogram, ideograph, in longhand,
      in shorthand, in writing, inscribed, italic, italicized, kana,
      katakana, logogram, logograph, longhand, manuscript, ogham,
      on paper, penciled, penned, phonetic, phonetic symbol, phonography,
      pictogram, pictograph, printed, radical, rune, running,
      scriptorial, scriptural, stenographic, stenography, stylographic,
      tachygraphic, tachygraphy, wedge, word letter, written