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stylus
[ stahy-luhs ]
noun
- an instrument of metal, bone, or the like, used by the ancients for writing on waxed tablets, having one end pointed for incising the letters and the other end blunt for rubbing out writing and smoothing the tablet.
- any of various pointed, pen-shaped instruments used in drawing, artwork, etc.
- Computers. a pen-shaped device used on a display screen to input commands or handwritten text or drawings. Compare joystick ( def 2 ), mouse ( def 4 ).
- Audio.
- Also called cutting stylus. a needle used for cutting grooves in making a disk recording to be played on a phonograph.
- a needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record.
- any of various pointed wedges used to punch holes in paper or other material, as in writing Braille.
- any of various kinds of pens for tracing a line automatically, as on a recording seismograph or electrocardiograph.
stylus
/ ˈ²õ³Ù²¹Éª±ôÉ™²õ /
noun
- Also calledstyle a pointed instrument for engraving, drawing, or writing
- 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
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³Ù²â±ô²¹°ù, adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of stylus1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of stylus1
Example Sentences
Besides exposing coatings to high temperatures, Micro Materials also has a “woodpecker†device, a tiny diamond stylus, which repeatedly taps a coating at random locations to test its durability.
Visitors may lounge on sofas and drop the stylus on the EP, which runs the same length as the video but can be started at any point.
The corners spilled over with styluses, ink pots, paper, jars of this and that, tools, and journals.
I put it on my nails when I get out of the shower, working the stylus around and under the toenails.
Voters’ official signatures are often carelessly scrawled with a stylus on a digital tablet while getting a driver’s license, Draper said.
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