Stylus

Noun

 * 1) A sharp stick used in ancient times for writing in clay tablets; a sharp tool for engraving.
 * 2) A phonograph needle.
 * 3) A small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget.
 * 4) A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.

Derived terms

 * stylograph
 * stylophone

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From stylus:, alternative spelling of stilus:. Unrelated to Ancient Greek στῦλος:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: etsnaald, griffel, schrijfstift
 * Finnish:
 * German: Schreibgriffel, Schreibspitze
 * German: Schreibgriffel, Schreibspitze


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: íróvessző
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Saphir, Grammofonnadel
 * German: Saphir, Grammofonnadel


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: gramofontű
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Czech: stylus
 * Czech: stylus


 * Finnish: osoitinkynä
 * Greek:
 * Italian:


 * Chinese:


 * Finnish:


 * : stylo, stylet
 * : stilo


 * : estilete
 * : estilo, punzón

Noun

 * 1) stylus small plastic stick used as a pen for writing on the touch sensitive screen of an electronic gadget