ball and stick

English

Alternative forms

  • ball-and-stick

Etymology

The handwriting sense derives from the resemblance of the circular and linear elements of the letters to a ball and a stick.

Noun

ball and stick (uncountable)

  1. (education) A style of handwriting in which the letters are not joined and feature straight lines and circular arcs; block letters.
  2. (physical chemistry) The representation of chemical substances in a three-dimensional way using ball-and-stick models.

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.