stylusnoun/ˈstaɪ.ləs/

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  communicationsjournalismliteratureAn 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.

  • [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.
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  communicationsjournalismliteratureAn 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.

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  communicationscomputingengineeringAn 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.

  • 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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  A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.

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  A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.

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  A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.

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  A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.

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  biologybotanynatural-sciencesSynonym of style.