Meaning of stylus | Babel Free

Definitions

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. style (way of doing things)
3. A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
4. style (grace; fashionable skill)
5. A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
6. style
7. A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
8. first-person singular present indicative of estilar
9. A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
10. A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
11. A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
12. Synonym of style.

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Examples

“[T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March⟳ 128 AD.”

“But that tactic may have⟳ older roots than we thought; archaeologists have⟳ discovered an iron⟳ stylus in London, complete⟳ with an inscribed joke, that dates back nearly 2,000 years. Of 200 styluses found at a site under Bloomberg’s new European headquarters, only one – dating back to around 70 A.D. – had a message inscribed onto it.”

“Use⟳ the stylus to scroll up and down the list or flip through the pages left and right.”

“It’s the cheapest stylus Apple’s released yet, but you’ll need⟳ a USB-C iPad to use⟳ it.”

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