Look up pencil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A pencil is a handheld instrument used to write and draw, usually on paper.

Pencil may also refer to:

• Pencil beam, a beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder
• Pencil (mathematics), a family of geometric objects
• Pencil (software), an open-source 2D animation software

[edit] See also

• Pencil detonator
• Pencil skirt

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.