electronic stylus

1. 1.

   (computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated

   Synonymslight pen

   Broaderpointer

   computer science

Questions about electronic stylus

What does electronic stylus mean?

electronic stylus means "(computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated".

What is another word for electronic stylus?

Close synonyms include light pen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electronic stylus a common word?

electronic stylus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.