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  pascal

  noun

  the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Pa
• Pascal
  Pascal

  noun

  Blaise 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
• PASCAL
  PASCAL

  noun

  a high-level programming language, a descendant of ALGOL, designed to facilitate structured programming.

pascal

¹ American  

[pa-skal, pah-skahl] / pæˈskæl, pɑˈskɑl /

noun

Physics.

1. the standard unit of pressure or stress in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one newton per square meter. Pa

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Pascal ² American  

[pa-skal, pah-skahl, pas-kal] / pæˈskæl, pɑˈskɑl, pasˈkal /

noun

1. Blaise 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.

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PASCAL ³ American  

[pa-skal] / pæˈskæl /

noun

Computers.

1. a high-level programming language, a descendant of ALGOL, designed to facilitate structured programming.

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Pascal ¹ British  

/ paskal /

noun

1. 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

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Pascal ² British  

/ ˈpæsˌkæl, -kəl /

noun

1. a high-level computer programming language developed as a teaching language: used for general-purpose programming

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pascal ³ British  

/ ˈpæskəl /

noun

1. Pa. 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

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Pascal ¹ Scientific  

1. French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher who, with Pierre de Fermat, developed the mathematical theory of probability. He also contributed to the development of differential calculus, and he invented the mechanical calculator and the syringe. The pascal unit of pressure is named after him.

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pascal ² Scientific  

/ pă-skăl′,pä-skäl′ /

1. The SI derived unit used to measure pressure. One pascal is equal to one newton per square meter.

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Etymology

Origin of pascal

First recorded in 1955–60; after Pascal

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Example Sentences

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pascal Pascal PASCAL

What is the pressure in pascal of the helium gas produced if it occupies a volume of 125 mL at a temperature of 25 °C?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The pressure of a gas may be expressed in the SI unit of pascal or kilopascal, as well as in many other units including torr, atmosphere, and bar.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The SI unit of pressure is pascal and 1 Pa = 1 N/m2 .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

I am not as tender and benign as the pascal lamb.

From The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth by Eugène Sue

It commenced at evening, at the same time the pascal lamb was slain in the law, at which time according to the record, Jesus expired.”

From A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath and the Commandments of God With a Further History of God's Peculiar People from 1847-1848 by Joseph Bates

The British drugmaker, which has become a cancer-drug powerhouse under Chief Executive Pascal Soriot, has targeted $80 billion in sales by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Pascal told Deadline, external earlier this year that a casting announcement by the end of the year was a "good bet" but that Craig was a "hard act to follow".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The company reiterated its 2026 guidance, with Chief Executive Pascal Soriot saying AstraZeneca is on track to deliver its 2030 ambition and to sustain growth through the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Among the crowds were "French citizens of immigrant backgrounds", political scientist Pascal Perrineau told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

In 1623, Descartes was twenty-seven, and Blaise Pascal, who would become Descartes’s opponent, was zero years old.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Epidemics of short-sheeting coexist with robotics and PASCAL.

From Time Magazine Archive

Could one have imagined that the brilliant wit, the luxuriant raillery, and the fine and deep sense of PASCAL, could have combined with the most opposite qualities—the hypochondriasm and bigotry of an ascetic?

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli

"PASCAL" "I will go!" replied Marguerite at once, careless of the obstacles that might impede the fulfilment of her promise.

From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Émile Gaboriau

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