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PASCAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Pascal" is a kind of...):

programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)

Synonyms:

Blaise Pascal; Pascal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

Synonyms:

Pa; pascal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("pascal" is a kind of...):

pressure unit (a unit measuring force per unit area)

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