WORD OF THE DAY
A stylus is a tool with a hard, pointed end that you use for writing or drawing. Today, you can also use a stylus to virtually "write" on an electronic tablet, computer, or smartphone.
Styli (or styluses) were originally used in ancient Greece and Rome to scratch writing into wax tablets; the blunt end of the stylus worked as an eraser, smudging the words out. Artists also use styli for shaping clay. If you're lucky enough to have an old-fashioned record player, you know that stylus also refers to the "needle" that fits into the grooves of the record and plays it.
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Vocabulary lists containing stylus
This vocabulary list will take you back to the Bronze Age! Learn all about the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. You'll explore the politics, religious traditions, and agricultural practices of the region, as well as the ancient writing known as cuneiform and structures like the stele and the ziggurat.
This vocabulary list will take you back to the Bronze Age! Learn all about the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. You'll explore the politics, religious traditions, and agricultural practices of the region, as well as the ancient writing known as cuneiform and structures like the stele and the ziggurat.
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