'Stylus' definitions:

Definition of 'stylus'

noun

A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

noun

A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn: stylus, style]

From: GCIDE

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