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ballpoint pen

noun

Etymology

From ballpoint + pen. Compare Dutch balpen (“ballpoint pen”).

  1. derived from *péth₂r̥✻ — “feather, wing”
  2. derived from penna — “feather”
  3. derived from penne
  4. derived from penne
  5. inherited from penne
  6. compounded as ballpoint pen — “ballpoint + pen”

Definitions

  1. A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a…

    A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ballpoint pen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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