Stylus
noun — Plural: styli, styluses
- 1.
- (a pen or other pointed tool used for writing on wax or engraving or cutting stencils, etc., a gramophone needle) ដែកចារ
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ចំណុចតូចៗដែលគេប្រើក្នុងកុំព្យូទ័រ, សំភារៈស្តើងវែងសំរាប់លាបថ្នាំសំលាប់មេរោគនៅលើស្បែក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: styli, styluses
- 1.
- An instrument for writing.
- 2.
- That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.
- 3.
- The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
- 4.
- A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
- 5.
- In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound.