noun (n)

• a sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  He drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus.
  

  Synonym:
  style
  

  source: wordnet30
• An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913