What does "stylus" mean?
Stylus: The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
Additional senses
- 2.(Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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