ballpoint pen

Summary

ballpoint pen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,312 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• ballpoint pen is credited with the discovery of Marcel Bich^[2].
• Maik is named after ballpoint pen^[3].
• László Bíró is named after ballpoint pen^[4].
• ballpoint pen followed Sergent-Major^[5].
• ballpoint pen is a type of pen^[6].
• ballpoint pen is a type of stationery^[7].
• ballpoint pen's Commons category is recorded as Ballpens^[8].
• ballpoint pen's Unicode character is recorded as 🖊^[9].
• ballpoint pen comprises bearing ball^[10].
• 1888 marks the founding of ballpoint pen^[11].
• ballpoint pen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1888^[12].
• ballpoint pen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballpens^[13].
• ballpoint pen's Commons gallery is recorded as Ballpoint^[14].
• ballpoint pen's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02783161-n^[15].
• ballpoint pen's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/102778453-n^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include pen^[6] and stationery^[7].

Origins

Things named after include Maik^[3], a male given name^[17] and László Bíró^[4], an inventor^[18], 1899–1985^[19], of Hungary^[20], awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame^[21]. 1888 marks the founding of ballpoint pen^[11].

Use and Application

ballpoint pen comprises bearing ball^[10].

Why It Matters

ballpoint pen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,312 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[23]