English Explanatory Dictionary

pascal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
name
  1. A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
  4. An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.

Pronunciation

/ˈpæskəl/ /ˈpæskl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pascal.wav /pæˈskæl/ /pæsˈkæl/ [pʰæˈskæɫ] [pʰæsˈkʰæɫ] /ˈpaskəl/ /ˈpɑskəl/ /ˈpæskæl/

Word forms

pascal pascals

Etymology

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

Related words

pascal Pascual

Derived words

gigapascal hectopascal kilopascal megapascal millipascal Pascal case Pascalian Pascal's law Pascal's theorem Pascal's triangle Pascal string Pascal's wager

Translations

Bulgarian: Паска́л Corsican: Pasquale Corsican: Pasquali Dutch: Pascal French: Pascal German: Pascal Hebrew: פֶּסַח Italian: Pasquale Portuguese: Pascoal Spanish: Pascual Hindi: पास्कल
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