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pas•cal

Pronunciation: (pa-skal', pä-skäl'), [key]
—n. Physics.
the SI unit of pressure or stress, equal to one newton per square meter. Abbr.: Pa

Pas•cal

Pronunciation: (pa-skal', pä-skäl'; Fr. pas-kal'), [key]
—n.
Blaise Pronunciation: (blāz; Fr. blez), [key] 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.

PASCAL

Pronunciation: (pa-skal'), [key]
—n. Computers.
a high-level programming language, a descendant of ALGOL, designed to facilitate structured programming.

Pascagoula

Pascal's law