Pentel

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A non-permanent marker pen.

    "Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth."

  2. 2
    A pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes elements nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth. rare

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pnictogenpnictogen

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"Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the name of the Japanese company Pentel Co., Ltd., which invented the non-permanent marker; ultimately from pen + tell.

Etymology 2

By analogy with triel and tetrel.

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pentel penmarker pen

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