Defn: Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal.
BRACHYDIAGONAL
Brach`y*di*ag"o*nal, n.
Defn: The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
BRACHYDOME
Brach`y*dome, n. Etym: [Gr. dome.] (Crystallog.)
Defn: A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome.
BRACHYGRAPHER
Bra*chyg"ra*pher, n.
Defn: A writer in short hand; a stenographer.
He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon.
Gayton.
BRACHYGRAPHY
Bra*chyg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.]
Defn: Stenograhy. B. Jonson.
BRACHYLOGY
Bra*chyl"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. brachylogie.] (Rhet.)