stylus
noun/ˈstaɪləs/
/ˈstaɪləs/
(plural styluses, styli
/ˈstaɪlaɪ/
/ˈstaɪlaɪ/
)- a device on a record player that looks like a small needle and is placed on the record in order to play it
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- (computing) a special pen used to write text or draw an image on a special computer screen
Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a modern Latin term in botany): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus.
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