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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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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

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

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

The play of human feeling which we miss in the man moves in his writings, and touches our hearts with an ineffable sympathy, even when we remain unconvinced or unenlightened. end of pascal.

From Pascal by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

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

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

Producer Amy Pascal said "everything about Scotland is great" and that it was "wonderful to make movies in the real places".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Everybody longs for connections, even though the world we live in is separating us as fast as possible,” said Pascal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“We’re all really isolated from each other,” said Amy Pascal, one of the film’s producers who has overseen the entire franchise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

AI is important in drug development, which entails large, expensive risks, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot says on a call with reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Pascal went on to clarify and systematize Galileo’s new understanding.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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