Definition of stylus
plural styli
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\ˈstī(-ə)-ˌlī\
also styluses
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\ˈstī-lə-səz\
:an instrument for writing, marking, or incising: such as
a
:an instrument used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets
b
:a hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a reproducing machine
c (1)
:needle 3c
(2)
:a cutting tool used to produce an original record groove during disc recording
d
:a pen-shaped pointing device used for entering data (such as positional information from a graphics tablet) into a computer
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