stylus

Senso (Inglese)

  1. An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
  2. An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
  3. An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
  4. A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
  5. A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
  6. A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
  7. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
  8. Synonym of style.

sinonimi

phonograph needle

touch needle

steel pen

stencil pen

contact tag

feeler pin

test pin

reproducing stylus

cutting stylus

stylus point

reproducing needle

pick-up needle

recording needle

stylus pin

tracer needle

cat-whisker

stylus pen

stilo

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈstaɪ.ləs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.

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