New American Oxford Dictionary

Pascal

Pas cal |pəˈskæl paˈskal |(also PASCAL ) ▶noun a high-level structured computer programming language used for teaching and general programming.

 

pascal

pas cal |päˈskäl pəˈskæl | ▶noun the SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton per square meter (approximately 0.000145 pounds per square inch, or 9.9 × 10 −6 atmospheres ). ORIGIN 1950s: named after Pascal, Blaise .

 

Pascal, Blaise

Pas cal, Blaise |paˈskal, päˈskäl pəˈskæl | (1623 –62 ), French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He founded the theory of probabilities, but is best known for deriving the principle that the pressure of a fluid at rest is transmitted equally in all directions.

 

Pascal's triangle

Pas cal's tri an gle ▶noun Mathematics a triangular array of numbers in which those at the ends of the rows are 1 and each of the others is the sum of the nearest two numbers in the row above (the apex, 1, being at the top ).

 

Pascal's wager

Pas cal's wa ger ▶noun [ in sing. ] Philosophy the argument that it is in one's own best interest to behave as if God exists, since the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pascal

Pascal |ˈpask (ə )l |(also PASCAL ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a high-level structured computer programming language used for teaching and general programming. ORIGIN 1970s: named after B. Pascal (see Pascal, Blaise ) because he built a calculating machine.

 

pascal

pascal |ˈpask (ə )l |(abbrev.: Pa ) ▶noun the SI unit of pressure, equal to one newton per square metre (approximately 0.000145 pounds per square inch, or 9.9 × 10 −6 atmospheres ). ORIGIN 1950s: named after Pascal, Blaise .

 

Pascal, Blaise

Pascal, Blaise |pasˈkɑːl, French paskal | (1623 –62 ), French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He founded the theory of probabilities and developed a forerunner of integral calculus, but is best known for deriving the principle that the pressure of a fluid at rest is transmitted equally in all directions. His Lettres Provinciales (1656 –7 ) and Pensées (1670 ) argue for his Jansenist Christianity.

 

Pascal's triangle

Pascal's tri |angle ▶noun Mathematics a triangular array of numbers in which those at the ends of the rows are 1 and each of the others is the sum of the nearest two numbers in the row above (the apex, 1, being at the top ).

 

Pascal's wager

Pascal's wager ▶noun [ in sing. ] Philosophy the argument that it is in one's own best interest to behave as if God exists, since the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage in believing otherwise.

 

Duden Dictionary

Pascal

Pas cal Eigenname |Pasc a l |französischer Mathematiker und Philosoph

 

Pascal

Pas cal Substantiv, Neutrum Physik , das |Pasc a l |das Pascal; Genitiv: des Pascals, Plural: die Pascal nach dem französischen Philosophen und Physiker Blaise Pascal (1623 –1662 )Einheit des Drucks 1 Pa

 

PASCAL

PASCAL Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |PASC A L |Kunstwort; angelehnt an den Namen des französischen Philosophen und Physikers aus ALGOL weiterentwickelte Programmiersprache

 

French Dictionary

pascal

pascal , ale , als ou aux adj. adjectif Relatif à la fête de Pâques. : Des festins pascaux, la fête pascale.

 

pascal

pascal n. m. nom masculin Symbole Pa (s ’écrit sans point ). Unité de pression. : Des pascals.

 

Spanish Dictionary

pascal

pascal nombre masculino Unidad de presión atmosférica del Sistema Internacional, de símbolo Pa , que equivale a la presión que ejerce la fuerza de 1 newton sobre la superficie de 1 m 2 .ETIMOLOGÍA Del apellido del matemático, físico y filósofo francés Blais Pascal (1623 -1662 ).El plural es pascals .

 

Sanseido Dictionary

PASCAL

PASCAL 〖フランス Programme Appliqué à la Sélection et à la Compilation Automatique de la Littérature 〗 →パスカル

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

PASCAL

PASCAL /pæskǽl, -́- /名詞 U 〘コンピュ 〙パスカル 〘ALGOLを元に開発された高級プログラミング言語 〙.

 

Pascal

Pas cal /pæskǽl, -́- /名詞 パスカル 〘Blaise /bleɪz / ～, 1623 --62; フランスの哲学者 数学者 物理学者 〙.

 

pascal

pas cal /pǽsk (ə )l , ｟米 ｠pɑːskɑ́ːl /名詞 C 〘物理 〙パスカル 〘圧力の単位; 1パスカルで, 1平方メートルに1ニュートンの力が加わる; ｟略 ｠Pa 〙.