Definition of Styluses

1. Noun. (plural of stylus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Styluses

1. stylus [n] - See also: stylus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Styluses

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

Literary usage of Styluses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1897)
"2 In the November BOOKMAN you say " styluses." Now is " styluses" the proper ... As to " styluses," we will pledge ourselves invariably to speak of them as ..."

2. The Mentor (1892)
"The styluses are grouped together, making the Braille cell. The plate through which they pass upward is horizontal, and is on the back and upper part of the ..."

3. Electricity in Every-day Life by Edwin James Houston (1905)
"As before, the line of type and the chemical paper are maintained in a uniform rotation under the pens or styluses by clock-work mechanism. The appara- FIG. ..."

4. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1891)
"... I beg to say that no good results ing from a phonograph in which the styluses u»oi springs. I have tried myself and failed : but ..."

5. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"A telegraphic register provided with two separate styluses or pens for recording the ... A double Morse receiver employing tw<> printing levers or styluses ..."

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