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stylus noun (styluses or styli) 1 a a hard pointed device, usually made from diamond or sapphire, at the tip of the needle-like part of the cartridge at the end of the arm of a record-player, which picks up the sound from the record's grooves; b a similar device for recording information given out by electrocardiographs, seismographs, etc; c the cutting tool that is used to produce the grooves in a record. 2 (also style) a a pointed implement for engraving, drawing, writing, etc; b a type of ancient writing implement that has one pointed end for inscribing characters in wax tablets and a flat blunted end for making corrections and erasures.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin stilus, which was incorrectly altered to stylus, a stake or pointed writing implement.
stylus noun (styluses or styli) 1 a a hard pointed device, usually made from diamond or sapphire, at the tip of the needle-like part of the cartridge at the end of the arm of a record-player, which picks up the sound from the record's grooves; b a similar device for recording information given out by electrocardiographs, seismographs, etc; c the cutting tool that is used to produce the grooves in a record. 2 (also style) a a pointed implement for engraving, drawing, writing, etc; b a type of ancient writing implement that has one pointed end for inscribing characters in wax tablets and a flat blunted end for making corrections and erasures.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin stilus, which was incorrectly altered to stylus, a stake or pointed writing implement.
stylus noun (styluses or styli) 1 a a hard pointed device, usually made from diamond or sapphire, at the tip of the needle-like part of the cartridge at the end of the arm of a record-player, which picks up the sound from the record's grooves; b a similar device for recording information given out by electrocardiographs, seismographs, etc; c the cutting tool that is used to produce the grooves in a record. 2 (also style) a a pointed implement for engraving, drawing, writing, etc; b a type of ancient writing implement that has one pointed end for inscribing characters in wax tablets and a flat blunted end for making corrections and erasures.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Latin stilus, which was incorrectly altered to stylus, a stake or pointed writing implement.
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