stylus
IPA: stˈaɪɫʌs
noun
- (writing) 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.
- A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
- (computing) A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- (botany) Synonym of style.
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Examples of "stylus" in Sentences
- He grabs a stylus and touches the screen.
- You can see the back of the stylus is an eraser.
- The game plays using the stylus for the most part.
- The arrangement tends to extend the life of the stylus.
- The stylus is run perpendicular to the lay of the surface.
- Many of the actions in the game are performed via the stylus.
- It was realized by pressing the point of the stylus into the clay.
- The stylus is short but solidly built with metal and hard plastic.
- The free tip of the stylus projects beyond the forward end of the tube.
- Players use the stylus to point at oncoming zombies on the bottom screen.
- The stylus is also extremely sharp, the tip being formed of one single atom.
- Also, the stylus and stigma at the middle of the flower is also out of focus.
- Obviously if the tip of the stylus is too sharp, it rapidly becomes destroyed.
- As video creator cosmos92 himself notes in the introduction, a stylus is “completely unnecessary” for this device.
- Vertical adjustment of the stylus is controlled by means of what is termed the tunnel effect - hence the name of the instrument.
- Picking a character involves moving the stylus from the stamen into a petal, and then back to the stamen (in some cases via another petal).
- This means here that if the tip of the stylus is near enough to the surface (10 Å, i.e. 1-2 atom diameters) a current flows even at low voltages.
- The stylus is a big plus, at least for users who like to jot down notes, create sketches or annotate documents in a way that's much more precise than using a fingertip.
- However, I can see where some folks might consider the 5-inch screen a good trade-off for much better portability than other tablets, and Samsung has done some very interesting work in making the stylus, which is stored in a slot on the device, useful.
- Piezoelectrical elements are used to control the horizontal movement of the stylus in two perpend icular directions so that it scans the surface a long parallel lines - hence the name scanning microscope The vertical movement of the stylus is controlled and measured using another piozoelement.