stylus, style
(noun) a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; “he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus”
stylus
(noun) a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stylus (plural styli or styluses)
A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a sharp tool for engraving.
Synonym: style
A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
A phonograph needle.
(botany) synonym of style
(computing) A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch-sensitive screen of an electronic device.
Source: Wiktionary
Sty"lus, n. Etym: [L. stylus, or better stilus.]
Definition: An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1. 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 metal or diamond. 3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record. 4. (Computers)
Definition: A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
