Pascal
WordNet
noun
(1) A programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach
(2) French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
(3) A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from "Easter", for birth on Easter, or in honor of a 9th century pope.
Proper noun
- used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
- The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal.
- The Pascal programming language.
Proper noun
- of origin.