Pascal > define

noun

• A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.
  • synonyms: Pa
• French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662.
  • synonyms: Blaise Pascal
• A programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach. .

Block-structured programming language developed originally as an aid to instruction, now widely used for applications development.

• French: Easter child - Lamb
• German: From the Late Latin name Paschalis, which meant "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha "Easter", which was in turn from Hebrew pesah "Passover"
• Hebrew: Passover