styluses

Variant of stylus

stylus definition

sty·lus (stī′ləs)

noun pl. styluses -·luses or styli -·li (-lī)

  1. a style or other needlelike marking device
  2. any of various pointed tools, as one used for marking mimeograph stencils or one used in Braille embossing
    1. a sharp, pointed device for cutting the grooves of a phonograph record
    2. the short, pointed piece, tipped usually with a sapphire or diamond, that moves in such grooves and transmits vibrations to the cartridge in the pickup of a phonograph

Etymology: L, for stilus, pointed instrument: see style

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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