STYLUS (styli)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: styli   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stylus mean? 

• STYLUS (noun)
  The noun STYLUS has 2 senses:

1. a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player

2. a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

  Familiarity information: STYLUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STYLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("stylus" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Meronyms (parts of "stylus"):

diamond point (a very hard small point made from a diamond)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stylus"):

needle; phonograph needle (a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record)

Holonyms ("stylus" is a part of...):

cartridge; pickup (an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

style; stylus

Context example:

he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus

Hypernyms ("stylus" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)