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rapidograph

rapidograph noun: a technical pen.

rapidograph: a technical pen
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Noun

rapidograph (plural rapidographs)

  1. A technical pen.

Forms of rapidograph

pluralrapidographs

Origin of rapidograph

From the brand name of a technical pen introduced by Rotring in the 1950s, presumably rapid + -o- + -graph.

Questions about rapidograph

What does rapidograph mean?
Rapidograph means a technical pen.
What part of speech is rapidograph?
Rapidograph is a noun.
What is the plural of rapidograph?
The plural of rapidograph is rapidographs.

Words near rapidograph in the dictionary

  1. rapidities
  2. rapidity
  3. rapidless
  4. rapidly
  5. rapidness
  6. rapidograph
  7. rapidographs
  8. rapids
  9. rapidway
  10. rapidways
  11. rapier

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