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pen·cil P0160600 (pĕn′səl)n.1. 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.2. Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick: an eyebrow pencil.3. a. A style or technique in drawing or delineating.b. Descriptive skill: "His characters are drawn with a strong pencil" (Henry Hallam).c. An artist's brush, especially a fine one.4. Physics A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder.5. 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.tr.v. pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing, pen·cils also pen·cilled or pen·cil·ling 1. To write or produce by using a pencil.2. To mark or color with or as if with a pencil.Phrasal Verbs: pencil in1. To schedule tentatively: penciled in a staff meeting for 3:00.2. To schedule a tentative appointment with: penciled him in for lunch next Monday. pencil out1. To calculate or estimate (projected profits and losses or other figures): penciled out the likely sales for the new product.2. To appear likely to be of sufficient benefit to justify the projected costs: rejected the proposed merger because it failed to pencil out. [Middle English pencel, artist's brush, from Old French pincel, peincel, from Vulgar Latin *pēnicellus, alteration of Latin pēnicillus, diminutive of pēniculus; see pes- in Indo-European rootsdiminutive of pēnis, tail, brush; see pes- in Indo-European roots.] pen′cil·er, pen′cil·ler n.EncyclopediaSeepencilpencilingenUK
'penciling' Mortar & pestle sign Rheumatology A descriptor for marked resorption of distal phalanges–acroosteolysis, a radiologic finding typical of scleroderma DiffDx Severe burns with soft tissue contracture, 'black toe' disease–ainhum, hyperparathyroidism, neural leprosy, SLE, neuropathies–eg, DM, tabes dorsalis, progeria, psoriatic arthritis, PVC exposure, Reiter syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis. Cf Spade deformity. LegalSeePencil |