Definition of stylus in English:

stylus

nounPlural styli, Plural styluses ˈstʌɪləsˈstaɪləs

1A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a record and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
Example sentencesExamples
- I also still have every one of the 14 diamond styli that it ever used.
1. 1.1 A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
  Example sentencesExamples
  All his recordings were made using the ‘acoustic method’ - singing in front of a large horn, connected to a recording diaphragm and cutting stylus, which cut a groove in a rotating wax disc.
  During this period all the energy available to drive the stylus which etched out the recorded wave-forms was ‘acoustic energy’: that is, it came from the sound waves themselves.
  Another stylus was used to play back the recording turning the indentations on the cylinder into sound.
  Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record.
2An ancient writing implement, consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on wax-covered tablets, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
Example sentencesExamples
- He seized his stylus and scratched twenty coppers from the total on his tablet.
- A metal stylus was used for scratching characters onto a wax tablet.
- In the thirteenth-century Roman de la Rose, for example, Genius encourages men to propagate the species by using their styluses to write on the tablets that Nature has prepared for them.
- It is said to have developed originally as a means of writing with a stylus on palm leaves, which would split if incised with a straight line.
- The small number of numerical symbols was, to a large extent, controlled by the method of writing numbers using a blunt stylus with a circular section to impress marks on wet clay.
- The next significant development began around 3,100 B.C. when a pointed stylus was used to incise pictures of tokens in clay tablets instead of impressing the tokens themselves.
- The symbols were pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus and so had a wedge-shaped appearance (and hence the name cuneiform).
- Writing first on heavy clay with fragile reed styluses led the Sumerians to simplify their drawings.
- For writing, they used a stylus and a wax tablet.
- Using a reed stylus, they made wedge-shaped impressions on wet clay tablets which were then baked in the sun.
1. 2.1 A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
2. 2.2 A device resembling a pen, used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into a computer.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A stylus is a pen that comes with a drawing pad, which is connected to the computer.
  It is a digital canvas which can be used with a mouse but really comes into its own when used with a pressure sensitive tablet and stylus.
  He used the palm pilot as his tablet, but his stylus was a plastic space-age contemporary version of the traditional reed pen.
  Similar to a pen in shape, the stylus is a long accessory used to enter data into the programmer's LCD.
  The server software also records hand movements through wind changes directly above the tablet when the stylus is not touching it.

Origin

Early 18th century (as a modern Latin term in botany: see style): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus.

Rhymes

Silas

Definition of stylus in US English:

stylus

nounˈstīləsˈstaɪləs

1A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph record and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
Example sentencesExamples
- I also still have every one of the 14 diamond styli that it ever used.
1. 1.1 A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record.
  During this period all the energy available to drive the stylus which etched out the recorded wave-forms was ‘acoustic energy’: that is, it came from the sound waves themselves.
  Another stylus was used to play back the recording turning the indentations on the cylinder into sound.
  All his recordings were made using the ‘acoustic method’ - singing in front of a large horn, connected to a recording diaphragm and cutting stylus, which cut a groove in a rotating wax disc.
2An ancient writing implement, consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on wax-covered tablets, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
Example sentencesExamples
- The next significant development began around 3,100 B.C. when a pointed stylus was used to incise pictures of tokens in clay tablets instead of impressing the tokens themselves.
- In the thirteenth-century Roman de la Rose, for example, Genius encourages men to propagate the species by using their styluses to write on the tablets that Nature has prepared for them.
- Using a reed stylus, they made wedge-shaped impressions on wet clay tablets which were then baked in the sun.
- The symbols were pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus and so had a wedge-shaped appearance (and hence the name cuneiform).
- The small number of numerical symbols was, to a large extent, controlled by the method of writing numbers using a blunt stylus with a circular section to impress marks on wet clay.
- For writing, they used a stylus and a wax tablet.
- Writing first on heavy clay with fragile reed styluses led the Sumerians to simplify their drawings.
- A metal stylus was used for scratching characters onto a wax tablet.
- He seized his stylus and scratched twenty coppers from the total on his tablet.
- It is said to have developed originally as a means of writing with a stylus on palm leaves, which would split if incised with a straight line.
1. 2.1 An implement with a pointed end used especially for engraving and tracing.
2. 2.2 A device resmbling a pen, used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into a computer or for input on a touch-sensitive monitor.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is a digital canvas which can be used with a mouse but really comes into its own when used with a pressure sensitive tablet and stylus.
  He used the palm pilot as his tablet, but his stylus was a plastic space-age contemporary version of the traditional reed pen.
  The server software also records hand movements through wind changes directly above the tablet when the stylus is not touching it.
  Similar to a pen in shape, the stylus is a long accessory used to enter data into the programmer's LCD.
  A stylus is a pen that comes with a drawing pad, which is connected to the computer.

Origin

Early 18th century (as a modern Latin term in botany: see style): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus.

单词	stylus
释义	Definition of stylus in English: stylus nounPlural styli, Plural styluses ˈstʌɪləsˈstaɪləs 1A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a record and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction. Example sentencesExamples I also still have every one of the 14 diamond styli that it ever used. 1.1 A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound. Example sentencesExamples All his recordings were made using the ‘acoustic method’ - singing in front of a large horn, connected to a recording diaphragm and cutting stylus, which cut a groove in a rotating wax disc. During this period all the energy available to drive the stylus which etched out the recorded wave-forms was ‘acoustic energy’: that is, it came from the sound waves themselves. Another stylus was used to play back the recording turning the indentations on the cylinder into sound. Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record. 2An ancient writing implement, consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on wax-covered tablets, and a blunt end for obliterating them. Example sentencesExamples He seized his stylus and scratched twenty coppers from the total on his tablet. A metal stylus was used for scratching characters onto a wax tablet. In the thirteenth-century Roman de la Rose, for example, Genius encourages men to propagate the species by using their styluses to write on the tablets that Nature has prepared for them. It is said to have developed originally as a means of writing with a stylus on palm leaves, which would split if incised with a straight line. The small number of numerical symbols was, to a large extent, controlled by the method of writing numbers using a blunt stylus with a circular section to impress marks on wet clay. The next significant development began around 3,100 B.C. when a pointed stylus was used to incise pictures of tokens in clay tablets instead of impressing the tokens themselves. The symbols were pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus and so had a wedge-shaped appearance (and hence the name cuneiform). Writing first on heavy clay with fragile reed styluses led the Sumerians to simplify their drawings. For writing, they used a stylus and a wax tablet. Using a reed stylus, they made wedge-shaped impressions on wet clay tablets which were then baked in the sun. 2.1 A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing. 2.2 A device resembling a pen, used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into a computer. Example sentencesExamples A stylus is a pen that comes with a drawing pad, which is connected to the computer. It is a digital canvas which can be used with a mouse but really comes into its own when used with a pressure sensitive tablet and stylus. He used the palm pilot as his tablet, but his stylus was a plastic space-age contemporary version of the traditional reed pen. Similar to a pen in shape, the stylus is a long accessory used to enter data into the programmer's LCD. The server software also records hand movements through wind changes directly above the tablet when the stylus is not touching it. Origin Early 18th century (as a modern Latin term in botany: see style): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus. Rhymes Silas Definition of stylus in US English: stylus nounˈstīləsˈstaɪləs 1A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph record and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction. Example sentencesExamples I also still have every one of the 14 diamond styli that it ever used. 1.1 A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound. Example sentencesExamples Executed in the same flat, almost naïve style, the stylus emerges from the right hand side almost threateningly, bearing down on the record. During this period all the energy available to drive the stylus which etched out the recorded wave-forms was ‘acoustic energy’: that is, it came from the sound waves themselves. Another stylus was used to play back the recording turning the indentations on the cylinder into sound. All his recordings were made using the ‘acoustic method’ - singing in front of a large horn, connected to a recording diaphragm and cutting stylus, which cut a groove in a rotating wax disc. 2An ancient writing implement, consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on wax-covered tablets, and a blunt end for obliterating them. Example sentencesExamples The next significant development began around 3,100 B.C. when a pointed stylus was used to incise pictures of tokens in clay tablets instead of impressing the tokens themselves. In the thirteenth-century Roman de la Rose, for example, Genius encourages men to propagate the species by using their styluses to write on the tablets that Nature has prepared for them. Using a reed stylus, they made wedge-shaped impressions on wet clay tablets which were then baked in the sun. The symbols were pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus and so had a wedge-shaped appearance (and hence the name cuneiform). The small number of numerical symbols was, to a large extent, controlled by the method of writing numbers using a blunt stylus with a circular section to impress marks on wet clay. For writing, they used a stylus and a wax tablet. Writing first on heavy clay with fragile reed styluses led the Sumerians to simplify their drawings. A metal stylus was used for scratching characters onto a wax tablet. He seized his stylus and scratched twenty coppers from the total on his tablet. It is said to have developed originally as a means of writing with a stylus on palm leaves, which would split if incised with a straight line. 2.1 An implement with a pointed end used especially for engraving and tracing. 2.2 A device resmbling a pen, used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into a computer or for input on a touch-sensitive monitor. Example sentencesExamples It is a digital canvas which can be used with a mouse but really comes into its own when used with a pressure sensitive tablet and stylus. He used the palm pilot as his tablet, but his stylus was a plastic space-age contemporary version of the traditional reed pen. The server software also records hand movements through wind changes directly above the tablet when the stylus is not touching it. Similar to a pen in shape, the stylus is a long accessory used to enter data into the programmer's LCD. A stylus is a pen that comes with a drawing pad, which is connected to the computer. Origin Early 18th century (as a modern Latin term in botany: see style): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus.
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