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  2. Pencil - Wikipedia

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    Two graphite pencils. Both are labelled "HB", but the numeric label differs between "2" and "2 12 ". A grading chart ranging from 9B to 9H. Graphite pencils are made of a mixture of clay and graphite and their darkness varies from black to light grey. A higher amount of clay added to the pencil makes it harder, leaving lighter marks.

  3. List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms - Wikipedia

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    Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...

  4. Stationery - Wikipedia

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    Stationery refers to writing materials, including cut paper, envelopes, continuous form paper, and other office supplies. [1] Stationery usually specifies materials to be written on by hand (e.g., letter paper) or by equipment such as computer printers .

  5. Penmanship - Wikipedia

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    Handwriting, a person's particular style of writing by pen or a pencil Hand (handwriting) , in paleography, refers to a distinct generic style of penmanship Block letters – also called printing, is the use of the simple letters children are taught to write when first learning

  6. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    The first row has been interpreted as the prime numbers between 10 and 20 (i.e., 19, 17, 13, and 11), while a second row appears to add and subtract 1 from 10 and 20 (i.e., 9, 19, 21, and 11); the third row contains amounts that might be halves and doubles, though these are inconsistent. [14]

  7. Pencil case - Wikipedia

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    A pencil case can also contain a variety of other stationery such as sharpeners, pens, glue sticks, erasers, scissors, and rulers. Pencil cases can be made from a variety of materials such as wood or metal. Some pencil cases have a hard and rigid shell encasing the pens inside, while others use a softer material such as plastic, leather or cotton.

  8. Babylonian cuneiform numerals - Wikipedia

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    This system first appeared around 2000 BC; [1] its structure reflects the decimal lexical numerals of Semitic languages rather than Sumerian lexical numbers. [2] However, the use of a special Sumerian sign for 60 (beside two Semitic signs for the same number) [1] attests to a relation with the Sumerian system.

  9. List of English words of Dutch origin - Wikipedia

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    Some English words have been borrowed directly from Dutch. But typically, English spellings of Dutch loanwords suppress combinations of vowels of the original word which do not exist in English and replace them with existing vowel combinations respectively. For example, the oe in koekje or koekie becomes oo in cookie, [2] the ij (considered a ...