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sty·lus
(stī′ləs)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.
[Latin, alteration (influenced by Greek stūlos, pillar) of stilus.]
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stylus
(ˈstaɪləs)n, pl -li (-laɪ) or -luses
1. (Art Terms) Also called: style a pointed instrument for engraving, drawing, or writing
2. (Art Terms) 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. (Electronics) 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
[C18: from Latin, variant of stilus writing implement; see style]
ˈstylar adj
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sty•lus
(ˈstaɪ ləs)n., pl. -li (-lī), -lus•es.
1. a pointed instrument used by the ancients for writing on wax tablets.
2. any of various pointed, pen-shaped instruments used in drawing, artwork, etc.
3. a needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record.
4. any of various pointed wedges used to punch holes in paper or other material, as in writing Braille.
5. any of various pens for tracing a line automatically, as on a recording seismograph or electrocardiograph.
Also, style (for defs. 1,2). [1720–30; < Latin: sp. variant of stilus stake, pointed writing instrument; sp. with -y- by association with Greek stŷlos column]
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| Noun | 1. |  stylus - a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record playercartridge, pickup - an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" diamond point - a very hard small point made from a diamond phonograph needle, needle - a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record |
| 2. | stylus - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
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إبْرَة تَسْجيل الصَّوْت
jehla
grammofonnål
neula
gramofontűíróvesszőlejátszótû
nál
patefono adata
adata
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stylus
(ˈstailəs) noun a needle of a record player.
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