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Meaning of "ballpoint pen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BALLPOINT PEN

ballpoint pen  [ˈbɔːlˌpɔɪnt pen] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALLPOINT PEN

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Ballpoint pen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BALLPOINT PEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ballpoint pen

Ballpoint pen

A ballpoint pen is a writing instrument which dispenses a viscous ink from an internal reservoir through the rolling action of a metal ball at its point. This "ball point" may vary in diameter, and may be made of brass, steel, or tungsten carbide. Originally conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to quill and fountain pens, ballpoint pens are now the dominant writing instrument. Millions are manufactured and sold every day, worldwide, with low-cost and ubiquity assuring that there is always a ballpoint pen within reach. This so-called "invention that changed the way we write" has also influenced the way art is made; some professional artists use ballpoints to create fine artwork. The Bic Cristal, a popular disposable model has gained recognition for its industrial design as part of the permanent collection at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Designer ballpoints are also produced for the high-end market by pen manufacturers, and prized by collectors.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALLPOINT PEN

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ballow
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ballplayer
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ballroom
ballroom dance
ballroom dancer
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balls
balls-up
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ballute

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALLPOINT PEN

ball pen
cartridge pen
catching pen
data pen
digital pen
drawing pen
felt pen
felt-tip pen
fiber-tip pen
fibre-tip pen
fountain pen
light pen
mapping pen
marker pen
medium-fine pen
quill pen
sea pen
submarine pen
the pen

Synonyms and antonyms of ballpoint pen in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ballpoint pen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALLPOINT PEN

Find out the translation of ballpoint pen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ballpoint pen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ballpoint pen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圆珠笔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bolígrafo
570 millions of speakers

English

ballpoint pen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ballpoint कलम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قلم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шариковая ручка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caneta esferográfica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কলম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Stylo à bille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pen mata bola
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kugelschreiber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボールペン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

볼펜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ballpoint pen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bút bi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பந்துமுனை பேனா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉलपेन पेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tükenmez kalem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

biro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

długopis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кулькова ручка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pix
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στυλό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

balpuntpen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kulspetspenna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kulepenn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ballpoint pen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALLPOINT PEN»

The term «ballpoint pen» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALLPOINT PEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ballpoint pen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALLPOINT PEN»

Discover the use of ballpoint pen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ballpoint pen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Historical Dictionary of the 1940s
LEONARD SCHLUP BALLPOINT PENS The commonplace ballpoint pen was a post–World War II commercial phenomenon introduced in the United States by entrepreneur Milton Reynolds. During a business trip to Buenos Aires, Reynolds  ...
James Gilbert Ryan, Leonard C. Schlup, 2006
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Great Inventors and Inventions
The ballpoint pen was invented in Hungary in 1935 by Ladislas Biro. Biro was editing a small newspaper. He was frustrated by the amount of time he wasted filling fountain pens and cleaning up ink smudges. Besides that, the sharp tip of his ...
Ron Shaw, 2003
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Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer's Guide
If the Loud patent were still in force, Dowss's claims would command a royalty for every ballpoint pen on the market because Dowss successfully isolated — in a ten-word claim — the concept that underlies every ballpoint pen: l.2 A pen having  ...
Ronald D. Slusky, 2007
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Excel 2010 All-in-One For Dummies
If you'd prefer to use a ballpoint pen or highlighter in marking up the worksheet, click the Ballpoint Pen command button or Highlighter command button in the Pens group. When using the highlighter or either of the two pen types (felt tip or ...
Greg Harvey, 2010
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Intellectual Property: Everything the Digital-age Librarian ...
A simple invention very familiar to librarians is the disposable ballpoint pen. A Hungarian journalist named Laszlo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938. Biro had noticed that the ink used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the  ...
Timothy Lee Wherry, 2008
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Best Movie Scenes: 549 Memorable Bank Robberies, Car Chases, ...
are really important in the grand scheme of things, admirers of ballpoint pen scenes invariably cite this charmer directed by Peter Yates. The scene they always point to is the one in which Paul Dooley removes the fourteen ballpoint pens from ...
Sanford Levine, 2012
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The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings ...
2003 Ballpoint pen and synthetic polymer paint on paper, 8 Vi x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm) Little Life Big Love. 2003 Ballpoint pen on paper, 9 '4 x 12 W (24.1 x 31.8 cm) Married Hand (Flower). 2003 Ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, and synthetic polymer ...
Christian Rattemeyer, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Modern Everyday Inventions
There followed a decade of feverish research and development for would-be ballpoint pen moguls. New designs with the virtues of writing upside down or underwater were marketed with creative advertising. The actress and athlete Esther ...
David John Cole, Eve Browning, Fred E. H. Schroeder, 2003
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Pens: Ballpoint Pen, Fountain Pen, Inkwell, Montblanc, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, Source: Wikipedia, 2010
10
Complete IELTS Bands 4-5 Workbook Without Answers with Audio CD
Do not read the options yet. Then find where each question is answered in the passage. The ballpoint pen Most of us have at least one, but how did this popular item evolve? One morning in 1945, a crowd of 5,000 people jammed the entrance ...
Rawdon Wyatt, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALLPOINT PEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ballpoint pen is used in the context of the following news items.
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G Pen Pro Review: Snoop Dogg's BUSH Vaporizer Is Much Better …
... at five inches tall and roughly double the circumference of your average ballpoint pen. The Snoop Dogg BUSH G Pro can easily be slipped ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
2
Inside the button-down mind of Bob Newhart
You can't write it with a ballpoint pen —. Just the pencil? — Or the Ticonderoga four you can't, I've found, at least in my case. I like to go and ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Senior official found dead in China
A suicide note was not found, but Chinese police said they obtained a piece of paper marked with a ballpoint pen on a table in his hotel room, ... «Korea Times, Jul 15»
4
Do the write thing
“The fountain pen makes your handwriting very personal, much more than a ballpoint pen,” Batsch agrees. Filipinos have always dug vintage ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
5
The hidden Sensuality of our bodies
Her second solo, the show will also exhibit seven 4x4ft illustrations made using her favourite medium, a Cello Gripper ballpoint pen. «Livemint, Jul 15»
6
Kent brain injury nurses 'guilty' of misconduct
It showed his feeding tube being cleaned with a ballpoint pen and his emergency buzzer being taken away. 'Doesn't care'. The Nursing and ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
7
Tripple Overtime: Only Phill can save us from the lifeguards saving …
Once wielding a ballpoint pen as his weapon of choice while living the corporate life in Washington, D.C., Phill traded it all in for a crossbow ... «Coastal Point, Jul 15»
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Coast-to-coast collaborative creation
Using a black ballpoint pen (“Not much different than ones people use every day”), Virani worked on 10-inch x 10-inch panels of birch wood ... «McGill Reporter, Jul 15»
9
We stand on guard for thee, I'm sorry!
... with a Japanese ballpoint pen on French paper, demanding that he do something about foreigners taking away our Canadian jobs. «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
10
Kasich's not the only central Ohioan running for president
'In God We Trust' is my campaign aim,” he said, writing down the phrase in ballpoint pen. “It means a higher power gives us the freedom to ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»

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