a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
source: WordNet 3.0
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
He drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus.
source: WordNet 3.0
An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.
source: Webster 1913
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.
