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Look up: stylus

  1. Stylus
    a stick with blunt rounded ends used to deboss paper. (Also known as a burnisher or a dry embossing tool)
    Found on http://www.coxes.com/stamping/fun/glossa

  2. Stylus
    A metal pen for scratching words into wax on wooden tablets.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. stylus
    [n] - a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player 2. [n] - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Stylus
    The needle part of the phonograph cartridge that is in contact with the grooves of the disc.
    Found on http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  5. Stylus
    A wood/plastic/metal tool (in the shape of a stick) with blunt, rounded ends used to deboss paper (also known as a burnisher or a dry embossing tool).
    Found on http://www.scrapdirectory.co.uk/scrapboo

  6. stylus
    A pointed tool, such as the metal pen used to scratch words on to a wax tablet.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. stylus
    the portion of a phonograph pickup that follows the modulation of a record groove and transmits the resulting mechanical motions to the transducer element of the pickup for conversion to corresponding AF signals Category: Electrical engineering and energy
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Stylus
    A tool that is used on a graphic input tablet as a drawing instrument, or as a mouse.
    Found on http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%

  9. Stylus
    Sty'lus noun [ Latin stylus , or better stilus .] An instrument for writing. See Style , noun , 1.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/218

  10. Stylus
    Sty'lus noun In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/218

  11. stylus
    An instrument for writing. See Style. 2. ... That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. stylus
    style noun a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; `he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. stylus
    (sti´lәs) stylet. a pencil or stick, as of caustic.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  14. Stylus
    • (n.) In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound. • (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. stylus
    (from the article `telephone and telephone system`) ...1960s. At the transmitter, the image to be scanned was written with varnish or some other nonconducting material on tinfoil, wrapped around the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/176

  16. stylus
    (from the article `phonograph`) instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc. A phonograph disc, or ... ...makes use of a spiral 90° V-shaped groove impressed into a plastic disc. As the record revolves at 33 13 rotations per minute, a tiny `needle,...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/176

  17. stylus
    pointed instrument for writing and marking. The stylus was used in ancient times as a tool for writing on parchment or papyrus. The early Greeks ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/176

  18. stylus
    stylus (s), styli (pl) 1. A pointed tool for writing, drawing, or engraving. 2. A pointed instrument used for engraving; especially, one used in ancient times for writing on clay or wax tablets. 3. The tracing pen on an electronic device such as a seismograph or polygraph that converts an electrical signal into a written record. 4. Etymol...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  19. Stylus
    A tool that is used on a graphic input tablet as a drawing instrument, or as a mouse
    Found on http://www.digitalexposure.ca/sub1.html

  20. stylus
    stylus: see pen.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A09191

  21. stylus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: stī′lŭs, stī′lŭs Definitions: 1. Any pencil-shaped structure. 2. A pencil-shaped medicinal preparation for external application (a medicated bougie, or a pencil or stick of silver nitrate or other caustic). Synonyms: stylet
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  22. Stylus
    A `stylus` (plural: styli or styluses) is a writing utensil, or a small tool for some other form of marking or shaping, for example in pottery. The word is also used for a computer accessory (PDAs). It usually refers to a narrow elongated staff, similar to a modern ballpoint pen. Many ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus

  23. Stylus
    (magazine) `Stylus` is a print magazine devoted to fine writing instruments (e.g., fountain pens). It is published on a bi-monthly calendar and includes reviews of new pens and accessories, as well as articles about vintage pens, collecting, inks and paper. In addition to the magazine,...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus

  24. Stylus
    (band) `Stylus`` Australian soul-pop group. The band is notable for being the only Australian act ever released by Motown Records in the USA. Stylus toured with George Benson, Average White Band, Ike & Tina Turner, and Australia`s "Little River Band". Japan`s Toshiba-EMI re-issu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus

  25. Stylus
    (computing) In computing, a `stylus` (or `stylus pen`) is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet. With touchscreen devices a user places a stylus on the surface of the screen to draw or make selections by tapping the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus



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