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Definitions of stylus
  1. noun
    a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
    "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"

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  2. noun
    a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
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  • needle a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
  • phonograph machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
  • record player machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
  • surface noise noise produced by the friction of the stylus of a record player moving over the rotating record
  • cymograph scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
  • sclerometer a measuring instrument that measures the hardness of materials by penetrating them with a stylus that has a diamond point
  • kymograph scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure)
  • phonograph needle a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record
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