Definitions for styli
styli
sty·li
Spelling: [stahy-lahy]
IPA: /ˈstaɪ laɪ/
Styli is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 51 anagrams from letters in styli (ilsty).
Definitions for styli
noun
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a plural of stylus.
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an instrument of metal, bone, or the like, used by the ancients for writing on waxed tablets, having one end pointed for incising the letters and the other end blunt for rubbing out writing and smoothing the tablet.
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any of various pointed, pen-shaped instruments used in drawing, artwork, etc.
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Computers. a pen-shaped device used on a display screen to input commands or handwritten text or drawings.
Compare joystick (def 2), mouse (def 4).
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Audio.
Also called cutting stylus. a needle used for cutting grooves in making a disk recording to be played on a phonograph.
a needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record.
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any of various pointed wedges used to punch holes in paper or other material, as in writing Braille.
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any of various kinds of pens for tracing a line automatically, as on a recording seismograph or electrocardiograph.
Origin of styli
1720-30; Latin: spelling variant of stilus stake, pointed writing instrument; spelling with -y- from fancied derivation Greek stŷlos column
Examples for styli
There are also styli and an ointment slab and the seal of an oculist.