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STYLUS
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Irregular inflected form: styli
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Example:
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus
Synonyms:
style; stylus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stylus" is a kind of...):
tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
Sense 2
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)
