transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstī-ləs ]
noun
( plural sty·li ˈstī(-ə)-ˌlī ; also sty·lus·es ˈstī-lə-səz)
Etymology: Latin stylus, stilus spike, stylus — more at style
Date: 1773
: an instrument for writing, marking, or incising: as
a. : an instrument used by the ancients in writing on clay or waxed tablets
b. : a hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a reproducing machine
c.
(1) : needle 3c
(2) : a cutting tool used to produce an original record groove during disc recording
d. : a pen-shaped pointing device used for entering data (as positional information from a graphics tablet) into a computer