Definition of Stylus

1. Noun. A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player.

Group relationships: Cartridge, Pickup
Generic synonyms: Device
Terms within: Diamond Point
Specialized synonyms: Needle, Phonograph Needle

2. Noun. A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving. "He drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
Exact synonyms: Style
Generic synonyms: Tool

Definition of Stylus

1. n. An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.

2. n. In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound.

Definition of Stylus

1. Noun. A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets; a sharp tool for engraving. ¹

2. Noun. A phonograph needle. ¹

3. Noun. A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget. ¹

4. Noun. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stylus

1. a pointed instrument for writing, marking, or engraving [n -LI or -LUSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylus

stylometer
stylometers
stylometric
stylometrics
stylometry
stylommatophorous
stylophone
stylophones
stylopodia
stylopodium
stylos
stylostatistical
stylostatistics
stylostixis
stylotypite
stylus (current term)
stylus printer
styluses
styme
stymed
stymes
stymie
stymied
stymieing
stymies
styming
stymy
stymying
styphnate
styphnates

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