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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Latin
Origin: stilus; STYLE1

stylus

 noun
     
Related topics: Recording, Computers
sty‧lus [countable]
1TCR the small pointed part of a record player, that touches the record
2TD a thing shaped like a pen, used for writing on wax, making marks on metal, writing on a special computer screen etc
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