mechanical pencil
Noun
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Noun
mechanical pencil (plural mechanical pencils)
- (US) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.
- (UK) retractable pencil, propelling pencil
- (Australian) pacer
- clutch pencil (Indian English)
- lead pencil (Bangladeshi English)
- automatic pencil, drafting pencil, technical pencil
- click pencil, leadholder, pen pencil, spacer.
- French: porte-mine, portemine
- German: Druckbleistift, Minenschreiber, mechanischer Stift
- Italian: portamina, portamine
- Portuguese: lapiseira
- Russian: механи́ческий каранда́ш
- Spanish: portaminas, lápiz mecánico, lapicero
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