mechanical pencil
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The video equipment has improved, but even now researchers often take waterproof notes by writing on pieces of PVC pipe with a mechanical pencil.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2022
He pauses and produces a mechanical pencil and a green ink pen from his pocket: “You just need this.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021
He outlines her portrait in mechanical pencil, one of several weighing down his front pocket.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2018
To see a dramatic and mind-bending example of how light behaves like a wave, all you need is three pieces of mechanical pencil lead, a laser pointer and a dark room.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2013
His penmanship was a sure indicator that he would have had a future at MIT, the minuscule mechanical pencil marks designed to maximize the amount of cryptic data a genius could record on one page.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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