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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: stylus (0.01078 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to stylus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stylus
stylus
n 1: a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record
player
2: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving;
“he drew
the design on the stencil with a steel stylus” [syn:
style]
[also:
styli (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stylus
Stylus
\Sty"lus\, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.]
1. An instrument for writing. See
Style, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]
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 a hard metal or of
diamond.
[PJC]
3. The needle-like device used to cut the grooves which
record the sound on the original disc during recording of
a phonograph record; it is moved by the vibrations given
to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented
record.
[PJC]
4. (Computers) A pen-shaped pointing device used to specify
the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
[PJC]
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