Pencil (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The pencil of light rays enters the lens and is focused onto a point on the image plane.
- A pencil of lines through a point forms a fan-shaped configuration.
- The optical axis is the axis that passes through the center of the system and the point at which all the pencils converge.
- In geometry, the pencil is used to describe the set of all lines through a single point.
- The pencils of light that form the image of an object are convergent, meeting at a point in space.
Meaning 3
A cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She carefully applied the eyebrow pencil to define the shape of her brows.
- Using a lip pencil, the makeup artist lined the client's lips to create a base for the lipstick.
- The eyeliner pencil made her eyes stand out in the evening light.
- After years of plucking her eyebrows, she learned to use a pencil to fill in the sparse areas.
- A brown pencil was all she needed to give her eyebrows a fuller and more defined look.
Meaning 4
A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.