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A pencil is a writing instrument with a thin core of graphite (or colored material) surrounded by wood, used for drawing, writing, and sketching. Pencils matter because they're affordable, widely available, and reliable tools that have remained essential for education, art, and everyday communication for centuries.
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- History
- Camel hair
- Graphite deposit discoveries
- Wood encasement
- Graphite powder and clay
- United States
- Eraser attachment
- Extenders
- Types
- By marking material
- Graphite
- Solid
- Liquid
- Charcoal
- Carbon pencils
- Colored
- Grease
- Watercolor
- By use
- Carpentry
- Copying
- Eyeliner
- Erasable coloring
- Non-reproduction
- Stenography
- Golf
- By shape
- By size
- Typical
- Biggest
- By manufacture
- Mechanical
- Pop a Point
- Plastic
- Other aspects
- Health
- Manufacture
- Grading and classification
- Hardness test
- External colour and shape
- Manufacturers
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Staedtler HB [[graphite pencils]] thumb|Coloured pencils (Caran d'Ache) thumb|A typical modern-day pencil.
A pencil () is a writing or drawing implement with a solid pigment core in a protective casing that reduces the risk of core breakage and keeps it from marking the user's hand.