stylus

Definition of Stylus in English :

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Noun

1. stylus

a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

2. style, stylus

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

Example Sentences:
'he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stylus

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noun plural -li (-laɪ) or -luses

1. Also called: style

a pointed instrument for engraving, drawing, or writing

2.

a tool used in ancient times for writing on wax tablets, which was pointed at one end and blunt at the other for erasing mistakes

3.

a device attached to the cartridge in the pick-up arm of a record player that rests in the groove in the record, transmitting the vibrations to the sensing device in the cartridge. It consists of or is tipped with a hard material, such as diamond or sapphire

Stylus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈstyluses or ˈstyli (ˈstaɪlaɪ ; stīˈlī)

1.

a style or other needlelike marking device

2.

any of various pointed tools, as one used for marking mimeograph stencils or one used in Braille embossing

3.

a.

a sharp, pointed device for cutting the grooves of a phonograph record

b.

the short, pointed piece, tipped usually with a sapphire or diamond, that moves in such grooves and transmits vibrations to the cartridge in the pickup of a phonograph

Stylus

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n. pl. sty·lus·es or sty·li (-lī)

1. A sharp, pointed instrument used for writing, marking, or engraving.

2. Computers A pointed instrument used as an input device on a pressure-sensitive screen.

3. A phonograph needle.

4. A sharp, pointed tool used for cutting the jagged grooves that record sound on a phonograph record.

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