Stylus - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Stylus :  (noun)
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: style]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Stylus : \Sty"lus\, 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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