/ ˈstaɪləs; NAmE / noun ( pl. sty·luses or sty·li / ˈstaɪlaɪ; NAmE /)
1.
a device on a record player that looks like a small needle and is placed on the record in order to play it
2.
( computing ) a special pen used to write text or draw an image on a special computer screen
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent. (as a modern Latin term in botany): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus .