Look up: pencil

1. pencil
   [n] - a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement 2. [v] - write, draw, or trace with a pencil
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2. pencil
   a graphite-based digitally operated drawing device which is used to make marks on paper
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3. pencil
   Drawing instrument made of graphite, encased in wood or other holder. By mixing graphite with clay, the French chemist Nicolas Conté (1755-1805) invented the modern pencil of predetermined...
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4. pencil
   small, in the shape of a handy pencil, able to respond to physical stimuli and present visually the resulting output for information Category: Transport • a beam of radiant energy concentrated in an approximately conical or cylindrical portion of space of relatively small diameter Cat...
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5. Pencil
   Pen'cil noun [ Old French pincel , French pinceau , Latin penicillum , penicillus , equiv. to peniculus , dim. of penis a tail. Confer Penicil .] 1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used...
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6. Pencil
   Pen'cil transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Penciled or Pencilled ; present participle & verbal noun Penciling or Pencilling .] To write or mark with a pencil; to p...
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7. pencil
   1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colours. 'With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.' (Chaucer) ... 2. A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, coloured chalk, slate etc, or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed...
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8. pencil
   noun a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
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9. pencil
   noun a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
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10. pencil
    noun graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication; `the words were scribbled in pencil`; `this artist`s favorite medium is pencil`
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11. Pencil
    • (n.) Hence, figuratively, an artist`s ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc. • (v. t.) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw. • (n.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of interse...
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12. pencil
    slender rod of a solid marking substance, such as graphite, enclosed in a cylinder of wood, metal, or plastic; used as an implement for writing, ... [3 related articles]
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13. pencil
    pencil The etymology or original meaning is a 'little penis'. Penis originally meant 'tail' and so was related to 'brush', and only by extension was it made applicable to the 'male sex organ' and it was in this sense that it was adopted into English as penis in the 17th century. Pencil came through...
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14. Pencil
    [physics] This was created by Kid Gohan of Animal Crossing Ahead Forums. ...
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15. Pencil
    [disambiguation] A pencil is a handheld instrument used to write and draw, usually on paper. Pencil may also refer to: ...
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16. Pencil
    [optics] In optics, a pencil or pencil of rays is a geometric construct used to describe a beam or portion of a beam of electromagnetic radiation or charged particles, typically in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder. Antennas which strongly bundle in azimuth and elevation are often descri...
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17. Pencil
    [mathematics] A pencil in projective geometry is a family of geometric objects with a common property, for example the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. More generally, a pencil is the special case of a linear system of divisors in which the parameter space ...
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18. PENCIL
    Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675.
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19. Pencil
    A pencil is a writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing. The case prevents the core from breaking, and also from marking the user’s hand during use. Pencils create marks via physical abrasion, leaving behind a trail of solid cor...
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20. pencil
    pencil, pointed implement used in writing or drawing to apply graphite or a similar colored solid to any surface, especially paper. From prehistoric times lumps of colored earth or chalk were used as markers. The Egyptians ruled lines with metallic lead, as did medieval monks. The so-called lead pen...
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21. Pencil
    Pencil is slang for the penis.
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22. Pencil
    Pencil is slang for the penis.
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23. Pencil
    A pencil is a long-haired brush terminating in a point and used by artists and sign writers.
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24. pencil
    Drawing instrument made of graphite, encased in wood or other holder. By mixing graphite with clay, the French chemist Nicolas Conté (1755–1805) invented the modern pencil of predetermined hardness in 1750 (patented 1795). Capable of a rich range of texture and tone, the graphite (or `lead`) pencil replaced the limited metalpoin...
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25. Pencil
    [software] There are two software products named Pencil, that are not related to each other. This article is about the graphical animation software. Pencil uses a unique bitmap/vector drawing interface to produce simple 2D graphics as well as animation. Pencil is written in C++ and is Qt-bas...
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