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Steno, Salamis Salamis ( ; el, Σαλαμίνα, Salamína; grc, label=Ancient and Katharevousa, Σαλαμίς, Salamís) is the largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf, about off-coast from Piraeus and about west of central Athens. The chief city, Sala ...
, a small community at the northwest of Salamis Island, Greece * Stenography, the process of writing in shorthand ** Stenotype, a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use ** Stenographer or Stenotypist or Steno, a specialized person for using a Stenotype machine *
Steno-typist Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to Cursive, longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Gr ...
, a combination of ''typist'' and ''stenographer'' * '' Stenotrophomonas maltophilia'' (Steno), a bacterium which causes uncommon, but difficult to treat, infections in humans * ''Steno'' (genus), the monotypic genus of the rough-toothed dolphin *
Steno Diabetes Center Steno Diabetes Center is a hospital, research and teaching center dedicated to treating and managing diabetes, located in Gentofte, Denmark. It is named after Nicolas Steno Niels Steensen ( da, Niels Steensen; Latinized to ''Nicolaus Steno'' or ...
, a research and teaching hospital in Gentofte, Denmark


Craters

* Steno (lunar crater) *
Steno (Martian crater) Steno may refer to: * Steno, Salamis, a small community at the northwest of Salamis Island, Greece * Stenography, the process of writing in shorthand ** Stenotype, a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand u ...
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Steno-Apollo Steno-Apollo is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus-Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission. The astronauts referred to it simply as Steno during the mission. The no ...
, a lunar crater originally named Steno


People

* Nicolas Steno (1638–1686), pioneer in anatomy and geology *
Stefano Vanzina Steno, the artistic name of Stefano Vanzina (19 January 1917 – 13 March 1988), was an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. Two of his films, ''Un giorno in pretura'' (1954) and ''Febbre da cavallo'' (1976), were shown in a ...
(aka Steno) (1915–1988), Italian movie director


See also

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Sterno Sterno is a brand of jellied, denatured alcohol sold in a can and meant to be burned directly in its can. Its primary uses are in food service for buffet heating, in the home for fondue, and as a chafing fuel for heating chafing dishes. Other ...
, a fuel made from jellied alcohol {{DEFAULTSORT:Steno