'Stylus' definitions:
Definition of 'stylus'
(from WordNet)
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]
Definition of 'Stylus'
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
Synonyms of 'stylus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Gramophone,
- hi-fi,
- hi-fi fan,
- high-fidelity,
- intercom,
- intercommunication system,
- jukebox,
- magnetic pickup,
- monaural system,
- mono,
- needle,
- nickelodeon,
- PA,
- PA system,
- 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,
- Victrola