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NOUN (2)

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

2. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving;
- Example: "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
[syn: stylus, style]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stylus \Sty"lus\, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.]
   1. An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of
      phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record
      while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the
      phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which
      are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which
      converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The
      stylus is frequently composed of a hard metal or of
      diamond.
      [PJC]

   3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which
      record the sound on the original disc during recording of
      a phonograph record; it is moved by the vibrations given
      to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented
      record.
      [PJC]

   4. (Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify
      the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
      [PJC] Stymie


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stylus
    n 1: a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a
         record player
    2: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew
       the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn:
       stylus, style]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "stylus":
   Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system,
   audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn, cartridge,
   ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup,
   derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system,
   four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity,
   intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, magnetic pickup,
   monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph,
   photoelectric pickup, pickup, public-address system,
   quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination,
   record changer, record player, sound reproduction system,
   sound truck, squawk box, stereo, system, tape deck, tape recorder,
   tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable