Added 10 October 2026
pascal
/ˈpæskəl/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pascal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
- French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662).
- A programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach.
Origin
Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.
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