pencil

Definitions

1. A paintbrush.
   historical
2. A mixture of graphite and clay in stick form covered by a hard casing. The greater the clay element, the harder the pencil.
3. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
4. a long, thin instrument (usually of wood) containing a thin stick of graphite or some similar solid substance for writing or drawing. This pencil needs sharpening / to be sharpened; He wrote in pencil; (also adjective) a pencil sharpener. potlood قَلَم رَصاص молив lápis tužka der (Blei)Stift, Bleistift... blyant; blyants- μολύβιlápiz pliiats مداد lyijykynä crayon עִפָּרוֹן पेंसिल olovka, pisaljka ceruza pensil blÿantur matita 鉛筆 연필 pieštukas zīmulis pensel potloodblyantołówek پنسل lápis creio...
   usually
5. An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
6. to write or draw with a pencil. He pencilled an outline of the house. teken met potlood يَكْتُب بالقَلَم пиша с молив desenhar a lápis psát/kreslit tužkou zeichnen skrive med blyant γράφω, σχεδιάζω με μολύβι escribir con lápiz pliiatsiga kirjutama, pliiatsiga joonistama با مداد نوشتن یا کشیدن kirjoittaa lyijykynällä écrire/dessiner au crayon לִכתוֹב בְּעִפָּרוֹן लिखना, अंकित करना, चित्रित करना pisati, crtati ceruzával ír, rajzol menggambar dengan pensil skrifa/teikna með blÿanti scrivere/dise...
7. A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
8. A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder.
9. A small medicated bougie.
   obsolete, rare
10. Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick: an eyebrow pencil.
11. Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
12. A style or technique in drawing or delineating.
13. Physics A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder.
    Physics
14. Mathematics A family of geometric objects, such as lines, that have a common property, such as passage through a given line in a given plane.
    Mathematics
15. To write or produce by using a pencil.
16. To mark or color with or as if with a pencil.

Equivalents

78 more languages

Afrikaanspotlood

አማርኛእርሳስ

العربيةقلمقلم الرصاصقلم رصاص

Azərbaycan dilikarandaşqələm

Беларускаяало́ваккарандаш

Българскимолив

བོད་སྐད།ཞ་སྨྱུག

Bosanskiblajštiftčarakalemolovkaplajvazštiftкалемоловка+ 5 more

Catalàllapis

Češtinačáraolůvkotužka

Cymraegpensil

Ελληνικάκοντύλιμολύβι

Esperantokrajono

Eestipliiats

Euskaraarkatzlapitz

Suomikynälyijärilyijykynä

Gaeilgepeann luaidhe

Gàidhligbioranpeansail

Galegolapis

ગુજરાતીસીસાપેન

Hausafensir

עבריתעיפרוןעפרון

हिन्दीअंकनीपेंसिल

Hrvatskiblajštiftčarakalemolovkaplajvazštiftкалемоловка+ 5 more

Magyarceruza

Հայերենմատիտ

Bahasa Indonesiapensilpotlot

Íslenskablýantur

Italianolapismatita

日本語聿鉛筆

ქართულიფანქარი

Қазақ тіліқаламқарындаш

ភាសាខ្មែរខ្មៅដៃ

한국어가름다시연필

Кыргызчакалем

Latinaplumbumpraeductal

LëtzebuergeschBläistëft

Lingálakilapi

ລາວສໍສໍດຳ

Lietuviųpieštukas

Latviešuzīmulis

Malagasypensily

Te Reo Māoripene

Македонскимолив

മലയാളംപെൻസിൽ

Монголхарандаа

Bahasa Melayupenselڤينسيل

Maltilapes

မြန်မာခဲတံ

नेपालीसिसाकलम

Nederlandsgriffelpotlood

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੈਨਸਿਲ

Polskiołówekołówkowy

پښتوپنسل

Portuguêslápis

Românăcondeicreion

Русскийкарандаш

Ikinyarwandaikaramu

Slovenčinaceruzaceruzka

Slovenščinasvinčnik

Shqipkalemlaps

Српскиblajštiftčarakalemolovkaplajvazštiftкалемоловка+ 5 more

Svenskablyertspennapenna

Kiswahilipenseli

தமிழ்எழுதுகோல்

తెలుగుపెన్సిలు

Тоҷикӣқалам

ไทยดินสอยางลบ

ትግርኛርሳስ

Türkmençegalam

Tagaloglapis

Türkçekalemkurşun kalem

ئۇيغۇرچەقېرىنداش

Українськаолівець

اردوپنسلپینسل

O'zbekchaqalam

Tiếng Việtbút chìviết chì

Yorùbápẹnsu

Examples

“But living art may not least part expresse, / Nor life-resembling pencill it can paynt[…].”

“why is it not lawfull for every man to pourtray himself with his pen, as it was for him to doe it with a pensell?”

“He requested three things of Sir Joshua Reynolds:—To forgive⟳ him thirty pounds which he had borrowed of him; to read⟳ the Bible; and never to use⟳ his pencil on a Sunday.”

“When, by the pencil becoming oblique to the surface, the vergency produced on the pencil becomes changed, the primary and secondary focal points, V and H, separate⟳ […]”

“A drillable robot is capable of placing its end⟳ link⟳ in any orientation in the pencil of planes containing its first link⟳.”

“Let⟳ l and m be two hyperparallel lines. All the transversals to l and m that form⟳ congruent corresponding angles with l and m lie⟳ in a pencil.”

“And most important of all, Cully now had 'The Pencil', that most coveted of Las Vegas powers.”

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