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Pascal1 definition

Pas·cal (pas kal′)

noun

  1. a high-level computer language, written in structured modules
    also written PASCAL
  2. the basic unit of pressure in SI and MKS systems, equal to the pressure of a force of one newton per square meter (0.00001 bar or 0.01 millibar): abbrev. Pa

Etymology: after Blaise Pascal

Pascal2 definition

Pas·cal (pas kal′; Fr pȧs kȧl′)

Pascal, Blaise (blez) 1623-62; Fr. mathematician, physicist, & philosopher

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