stylus

Related topics: Recording, Computers

sty·lus /ˈstaɪləs/ noun [countableC]

1. TCRthe small pointed part of a record player, that touches the record 〔唱机的〕唱针

2. a thing shaped like a pen, used for writing on wax, making marks on metal, writing on a special computer screen etc 〔在蜡板、钢板上刻字的〕尖笔，铁笔；〔在特殊的计算机屏幕上写字的〕触笔

Examples from the Corpus

stylus• The Father General sat at his desk and fingered a stylus.• Alexander Bain, the inventor, devised a way of skimming raised metallic letters with a stylus attached to a pendulum.• George gestured for Sofia's notebook and stylus.• An electrode-bearing stylus is used to read the signals and is in contact with the surface of the disc.• The pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light.• As the stylus is moved over a pattern, the router duplicates the original.• Without amplification, cylinders could only be reproduced more loudly by altering the leverage between the stylus and the reproducing diaphragm.

From Longman Business Dictionary

stylussty·lus /ˈstaɪləs/ (also stylus pen) noun (plural styluses or styli /-laɪ/) [countableC]COMPUTING

something like a pen that you can use for touching a computer screen, or writing on it etc

Origin stylus

(1700-1800) Latin stilus; → STYLE1

词汇	stylus
释义	stylus Related topics: Recording, Computers sty·lus /ˈstaɪləs/ noun [countableC] 1. TCRthe small pointed part of a record player, that touches the record 〔唱机的〕唱针 2. a thing shaped like a pen, used for writing on wax, making marks on metal, writing on a special computer screen etc 〔在蜡板、钢板上刻字的〕尖笔，铁笔；〔在特殊的计算机屏幕上写字的〕触笔 Examples from the Corpus stylus• The Father General sat at his desk and fingered a stylus.• Alexander Bain, the inventor, devised a way of skimming raised metallic letters with a stylus attached to a pendulum.• George gestured for Sofia's notebook and stylus.• An electrode-bearing stylus is used to read the signals and is in contact with the surface of the disc.• The pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light.• As the stylus is moved over a pattern, the router duplicates the original.• Without amplification, cylinders could only be reproduced more loudly by altering the leverage between the stylus and the reproducing diaphragm. From Longman Business Dictionary stylussty·lus /ˈstaɪləs/ (also stylus pen) noun (plural styluses or styli /-laɪ/) [countableC]COMPUTING something like a pen that you can use for touching a computer screen, or writing on it etc Origin stylus (1700-1800) Latin stilus; → STYLE1
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