Pascal

//pæˈskæl// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
  2. 2
    a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach wordnet
  3. 3
    a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French. countable
  2. 2
    A surname transferred from the given name. countable
  3. 3
    A surname transferred from the given name.; The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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blaise pascalpaphilosopher

Example

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"Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons that reason does not know.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.

Etymology 2

From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).

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