pascal

Plural: pascals

Noun

• A unit of pressure in the SI system.
• 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
• In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.

Examples

• The pressure to win was PASCAL-like, almost crushing him in the final Scrabble turn.

Synonyms

Blaise Pascal, Pa