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A pen is a writing instrument that applies ink to paper for writing or drawing, ranging from simple everyday tools to luxury items. While early pens like quill pens and reed pens required periodic dipping in inkwells and are now used mainly for specialized purposes like calligraphy, modern pens such as ballpoint and rollerball pens have largely replaced them for general writing.
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- Subclass of
- pen-shape writing instrument
- Material used
- ink
- Image
- Dip pens and penholders.jpg
- Has use
- writing
- Has parts of class
- fountain pen
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- Pens
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- Category:Pens
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- Pen
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- uses
- ink
- described at URL
- neal.fun/earth-reviews/pens
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- partially coincident with
- pen-shape writing instrument
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