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Pascal

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Noun

1. pa, pascal

a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

2. blaise pascal, pascal

French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)

3. pascal

a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pascal

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noun
Blaise (blɛz). 1623–62, French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. As a scientist, he made important contributions to hydraulics and the study of atmospheric pressure and, with Fermat, developed the theory of probability. His chief philosophical works are Lettres provinciales (1656–57), written in defence of Jansenism and against the Jesuits, and Pensées (1670), fragments of a Christian apologia
noun
a high-level computer programming language developed as a teaching language: used for general-purpose programming
noun
physics
the derived SI unit of pressure; the pressure exerted on an area of 1 square metre by a force of 1 newton; equivalent to 10 dynes per square centimetre or 1.45 × 10–4 pound per square inch
. Symbol: Pa

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Pascal

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noun
1. 
a high-level computer language, written in structured modules
: also written PASCAL
2.  [p-]
the basic unit of pressure in SI and MKS systems, equal to the pressure of a force of one newton per square meter (0.00001 bar or 0.01 millibar)
, abbrev. Pa
Blaise (blɛz ) ; blez) 1623-62; Fr. mathematician, physicist, & philosopher

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pascal

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French mathematician, philosopher, and inventor. His early work included the invention of the adding machine and syringe, and the co-development with Fermat of the mathematical theory of probability. Later he became a Jansenist and wrote on philosophy and theology, notably as collected in the posthumous Pensées (1670).
n.
1. Abbr. Pa A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
2. Pascal A programming language designed to support structured programming and used in teaching, applications, and systems programming.

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