stylusn.

Brit.

/ˈstʌɪləs/, U.S.

/ˈstaɪləs/

Inflections: Plural styluses, styli.

Forms: 1700s stilus, 1700s– stylus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin stylus.

Etymology: < classical Latin stylus, variant of stilus style n.With the range of senses compare style n. and corresponding uses of Latin stilus, stylus.

1. = style n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > stylus

pointela1382

stylea1387

greffea1400

gad1570

pointrel1659

steel1738

stylet1753

stylus1807

1807 J. Landseer Lect. Engraving iii. 119 Lines drawn with a stylus or steel point (commonly called an etching needle) on copper.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 101 The early Babylonians had a practice of tracing out various figures, with a stylus or point.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. i. 8 A stylus..and tablets of no ordinary size.

1881 A. Watt Mech. Industries 126 The next operation [in etching] is to employ the stylus, or point.

1882 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Feb. 81 The pencil outlines are then cut sharply on the friable surface with a stylus.

1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. (1885) 75 This delicate microscopic writing, looking as if it were done with a stylus.

a. A tracing-point used to produce the written record in a chart recorder, telegraph receiver, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > tracing point used to produce

stylus1875

tracer1878

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > cutting stylus

stylus1875

cutter stylus1908

cutting stylus1926

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2518/2 [article Telephone] The other arm terminates in a stylus which normally rests upon an ink-ribbon over the bed of the receiving-table.

1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 295 The membrane carries a stylus, which also participates in the motion, and records it upon the blackened paper.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 382/1 By the use of a coated chart or an inked ribbon between the stylus and the chart, an intermittent record is made.

1971 Magrab & Blomquist Measurement Time-Varying Phenomena v. 182 A voltage will be applied to the coils of the writing system which will cause the slider and writing stylus to move in proportion to the voltage, thus obtaining a recording.

b. = needle n. 4e.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific > part of

stylus1879

stripchart1950

society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > needle or stylus

stylus1879

needle1902

pin1911

needlepoint1929

sapphire1943

thorn needle1950

1879 Year-bk. of Facts 88/2 In that patent he [sc. Edison] describes a means of recording ordinary telegraph signals by a chisel-shaped stylus indenting a sheet of paper.

1892 W. Gillett Phonograph 12 Instead of one stylus serving for the two purposes, there are now two; one, the recorder, having a very keen edge,..and the other, the reproducer, having a tiny knob highly polished.

1892 W. Gillett Phonograph 13 (note) In some of Mr. Edison's recent instruments..two styluses are used.

1904 S. R. Bottone Talking Machines & Records 48 The recording stylus is now seldom made of steel, except only in the very commonest forms of recorders; but is usually made of..sapphire.

1943 Gramophone July 29/3 The stylus is a small sapphire carried on the toe of an L-shaped holder.

1960 Pract. Wireless 36 370 (advt.) Turnover sapphire styli.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 87 The hot-stylus method..helps to smooth the wall as the cutter moves on.

1975 Times 17 Sept. 16/3 Nowadays, you have a ‘cartridge’ with a ‘stylus’ in it, and the [gramophone] arm is called a ‘pick-up’.

figurative.1936 D. Thomas Coll. Poems (1952) 37 The grooved land rotating, that the stylus of lightning Dazzle this face of voices on the moon-turned table.

3. The gnomon of a sun-dial; = style n. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of

pinOE

gnomon1546

style1577

cock1585

hour-line1593

substyle1593

index1594

noon-line1596

incliner1638

substylara1652

substylar linea1652

staff1669

nodus1678

node1704

stylus1796

noon-mark1842

sun line1877

1796 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. i. 18 A species of sun-dial, having a stilus or gnomon erected perpendicularly upon an horizontal plane.

4. A pointer or finger; = style n. 6.

ΚΠ

1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 6/2 A curious Kalender, with an astronomical volvelle of which the stylus had been preserved.

5. Botany. = style n. 8.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > style or pistil and related parts

chire1398

chithe1398

chyde?a1500

chive1535

clapper1578

dodkin1578

pestle1597

pointel1597

umbone1633

style1682

pistillum1703

pistil1717

stylet1720

stylus1729

column1807

gynobase1830

gynaeceum1832

stylopodium1832

stylopod1849

gynostegium1880

pistillode1904

columna-

1729 J. Douglass in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 570 They..fall to picking out the Filamenta Styli, or Chives, and together with them, a pretty long Portion of the Stylus itself, or String to which they are joined.

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 457/1 Both have one stylus, and one long seed.

1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Stylus. The style. Also the Ostiolum of certain Fungi.

6. Zoology. A style or stylet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part

startc1400

pointel1613

cornicle1646

stylet1834

style1851

stylus1856

1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 53 Trichodina.—Body oval, with vibratile cilia, without cirri or styli [L. sine cirris stylisve].

1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416/2 [article Sponges] By the suppression of one of the rays of an oxea, an acuate spicule or stylus results.

1887 S. O. Ridley in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. XX. 84 Spicules.—Megasclera; long but very slender styli.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	stylus
释义	stylusn. Brit. /ˈstʌɪləs/, U.S. /ˈstaɪləs/ Inflections: Plural styluses, styli. Forms: 1700s stilus, 1700s– stylus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin stylus. Etymology: < classical Latin stylus, variant of stilus style n.With the range of senses compare style n. and corresponding uses of Latin stilus, stylus. 1. = style n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > writing instrument > [noun] > stylus pointela1382 stylea1387 greffea1400 gad1570 pointrel1659 steel1738 stylet1753 stylus1807 1807 J. Landseer Lect. Engraving iii. 119 Lines drawn with a stylus or steel point (commonly called an etching needle) on copper. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 101 The early Babylonians had a practice of tracing out various figures, with a stylus or point. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii II. iii. i. 8 A stylus..and tablets of no ordinary size. 1881 A. Watt Mech. Industries 126 The next operation [in etching] is to employ the stylus, or point. 1882 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Feb. 81 The pencil outlines are then cut sharply on the friable surface with a stylus. 1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. (1885) 75 This delicate microscopic writing, looking as if it were done with a stylus. 2. a. A tracing-point used to produce the written record in a chart recorder, telegraph receiver, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > tracing point used to produce stylus1875 tracer1878 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > cutting stylus stylus1875 cutter stylus1908 cutting stylus1926 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2518/2 [article Telephone] The other arm terminates in a stylus which normally rests upon an ink-ribbon over the bed of the receiving-table. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 295 The membrane carries a stylus, which also participates in the motion, and records it upon the blackened paper. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XI. 382/1 By the use of a coated chart or an inked ribbon between the stylus and the chart, an intermittent record is made. 1971 Magrab & Blomquist Measurement Time-Varying Phenomena v. 182 A voltage will be applied to the coils of the writing system which will cause the slider and writing stylus to move in proportion to the voltage, thus obtaining a recording. b. = needle n. 4e. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > [noun] > devices for > specific > part of stylus1879 stripchart1950 society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun] > record-playing equipment > needle or stylus stylus1879 needle1902 pin1911 needlepoint1929 sapphire1943 thorn needle1950 1879 Year-bk. of Facts 88/2 In that patent he [sc. Edison] describes a means of recording ordinary telegraph signals by a chisel-shaped stylus indenting a sheet of paper. 1892 W. Gillett Phonograph 12 Instead of one stylus serving for the two purposes, there are now two; one, the recorder, having a very keen edge,..and the other, the reproducer, having a tiny knob highly polished. 1892 W. Gillett Phonograph 13 (note) In some of Mr. Edison's recent instruments..two styluses are used. 1904 S. R. Bottone Talking Machines & Records 48 The recording stylus is now seldom made of steel, except only in the very commonest forms of recorders; but is usually made of..sapphire. 1943 Gramophone July 29/3 The stylus is a small sapphire carried on the toe of an L-shaped holder. 1960 Pract. Wireless 36 370 (advt.) Turnover sapphire styli. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio iv. 87 The hot-stylus method..helps to smooth the wall as the cutter moves on. 1975 Times 17 Sept. 16/3 Nowadays, you have a ‘cartridge’ with a ‘stylus’ in it, and the [gramophone] arm is called a ‘pick-up’. figurative.1936 D. Thomas Coll. Poems (1952) 37 The grooved land rotating, that the stylus of lightning Dazzle this face of voices on the moon-turned table. 3. The gnomon of a sun-dial; = style n. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 1796 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. i. 18 A species of sun-dial, having a stilus or gnomon erected perpendicularly upon an horizontal plane. 4. A pointer or finger; = style n. 6. ΚΠ 1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Sept. 6/2 A curious Kalender, with an astronomical volvelle of which the stylus had been preserved. 5. Botany. = style n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > style or pistil and related parts chire1398 chithe1398 chyde?a1500 chive1535 clapper1578 dodkin1578 pestle1597 pointel1597 umbone1633 style1682 pistillum1703 pistil1717 stylet1720 stylus1729 column1807 gynobase1830 gynaeceum1832 stylopodium1832 stylopod1849 gynostegium1880 pistillode1904 columna- 1729 J. Douglass in Philos. Trans. 1727–8 (Royal Soc.) 35 570 They..fall to picking out the Filamenta Styli, or Chives, and together with them, a pretty long Portion of the Stylus itself, or String to which they are joined. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 457/1 Both have one stylus, and one long seed. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Stylus. The style. Also the Ostiolum of certain Fungi. 6. Zoology. A style or stylet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [noun] > slender or pointed part startc1400 pointel1613 cornicle1646 stylet1834 style1851 stylus1856 1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 53 Trichodina.—Body oval, with vibratile cilia, without cirri or styli [L. sine cirris stylisve]. 1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416/2 [article Sponges] By the suppression of one of the rays of an oxea, an acuate spicule or stylus results. 1887 S. O. Ridley in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. XX. 84 Spicules.—Megasclera; long but very slender styli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1729
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