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sty⋅lus

  [stahy-luhs]
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–noun, plural -li  [-lahy] , -lus⋅es.
1. 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.
2. any of various pointed, pen-shaped instruments used in drawing, artwork, etc.
3. Computers. a pen-shaped device used on a display screen to input commands or handwritten text or drawings.
4. Audio.
a. Also called cutting stylus. a needle used for cutting grooves in making a disk recording to be played on a phonograph.
b. a needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record.
5. any of various pointed wedges used to punch holes in paper or other material, as in writing Braille.
6. any of various kinds of pens for tracing a line automatically, as on a recording seismograph or electrocardiograph.
Also, style (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1720–30; < L: sp. var. of stilus stake, pointed writing instrument; sp. with -y- from fancied derivation < Gk stŷlos column
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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. Computer Science 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 record grooves.


[Latin, alteration (influenced by Greek stūlos, pillar) of stilus.]
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Word Origin & History

stylus 
1728, "stem-like part of a flower pistil," alteration of L. stilus "stake, stylus;" spelling influenced by Gk. stylos "pillar" (see stet). Meaning "instrument for writing" is from 1807.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sty·lus
Variant: also sti·lus /'stI-l&s/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sty·li /'stI(&)l-"I/ also sty·lus·es /'stI-l&-s&z/ or sti·li or sti·lus·es
: aninstrument for writing, marking, or incising: as a : a hard-pointed instrument for punching the dots in writing braille with a braille slate b : a device that traces arecording (as of an electrocardiograph) on paper
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stylus sty·lus (stī'ləs)
n. pl. sty·lus·es or sty·li (-lī)

  1. A pencil-shaped structure.

  2. A pencil-shaped medicinal preparation for external application; as a medicated bougie.

  3. See stylet.

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