Main Entry: pas·cal

Pronunciation: \pas-ˈkal, päs-ˈkäl\

Function: noun

Etymology: Blaise Pascal

Date: 1956

1 : a unit of pressure in the meter-kilogram-second system equivalent to one newton per square meter
2 capitalized P or all capitalized : a structured computer programming language developed from Algol and designed to process both numerical and textual data