Pascal

proper nounattested in dialogue

United States//pæsˈkæl//

A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.

proper noun

1
A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
2
A surname transferred from the given name.
3
A surname transferred from the given name. The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
4
An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.

Etymology

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).

Forms

plural: Pascals

Parvati · A Hindu goddess, the goddess of love, devotion and power;…pas · A step in a dance.pascal · In the International System of Units, the derived unit of…

Pascal · A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.

pasha · The Indian butterfly Herona marathus, family Nymphalidae.Pasha · A surname.Paso · A Paso Fino horse.

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