stylus

3 definitions found

stylus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stylus \Sty"lus\, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.]
     1. An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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 a hard metal or of
        diamond.
        [PJC]
  
     3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which
        record the sound on the original disc during recording of
        a phonograph record; it is moved by the vibrations given
        to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented
        record.
        [PJC]
  
     4. (Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify
        the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
        [PJC] Stymie

stylus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stylus
      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]

stylus - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "stylus":
     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