pascal

BrE /ˈpæs.əl/ AmE /ˈpæs.əl/

noun en → es

1 PERSON [noun] C1

Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician and philosopher who lived from 1623 to 1662.

Blaise Pascal

  • Pascal was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher.

    Pascal fue un matemático y filósofo brillante.

2 UNIT [noun] B2

A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter, abbreviated as Pa.

pascal (unidad de presión)

Collocations atmospheric pascal · water pressure in pascals

  • The atmospheric pressure is measured in pascals.

    La presión atmosférica se mide en pascales.

3 LANGUAGE [noun] C1

A high-level programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth in the early 1970s.

lenguaje de programación Pascal

Collocations Pascal compiler · Pascal code

  • He learned to write programs in Pascal.

    Aprendió a escribir programas en Pascal.