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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural styli; also styluses) Etymology: Latin stylus, stilus spike, stylus — more at style Date: 1773 an instrument for writing, marking, or incising: as a. an instrument used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets b. a hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a reproducing machine c. (1) needle 3c (2) a cutting tool used to produce an original record groove during disc recording d. a pen-shaped pointing device used for entering data (as positional information from a graphics tablet) into a computer

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -li or -luses) 1 a a hard, esp. diamond or sapphire, point following a groove in a gramophone record and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction. b a similar point producing such a groove when recording sound. 2 = STYLE n. 8, 9. Etymology: erron. spelling of L stilus: cf. STYLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(styluses) 1. The stylus on a record player is the small needle that picks up the sound signals on the records. = needle N-COUNT 2. A stylus is a device like a pen with which you can input written text or drawing directly into a computer. (COMPUTING) It has a stylus-operated on-screen keyboard that takes great skill to master. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Written also Stilus.] Style.

Moby Thesaurus

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