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name
A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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name
A surname transferred from the given name.
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Usage: countable
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name
A surname transferred from the given name.
The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa.
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noun
a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: programming language, programing language
noun
French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Blaise Pascal
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Broader terms: mathematician, philosopher
noun
a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pa
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Broader terms: pressure unit
History
From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal.
Across languages
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