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Definition of pascal
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
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The active mixing of material creates powerful whirlwinds even at a depth where the pressure is more than 10 million pascals, or around 100 times the atmospheric pressure of Earth at sea level.
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Origin and Etymology of pascal
Blaise Pascal
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playMedical Definition of pascal
: a unit of pressure in the mks system equivalent to one newton per square meter or to 1.45 × 10−4 pounds per square inch
Biographical Note for pascal
Pascal
\pȧs-kȧl\play , Blaise
(1623–1662), French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. A mathematical prodigy as a child, Pascal completed an original treatise on conic sections by the time he was 16. He undertook the study of geometry, hydrodynamics, and hydrostatic and atmospheric pressure. From 1651 to 1654 he composed treatises on the weight and density of air, on Pascal's triangle, and on the equilibrium of liquid solutions. In this last treatise he formulated Pascal's law of pressure. He is also credited with laying the foundations for the theory of probability. Pascal is a major figure in French literature and religious philosophy.
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