Pascal

[pa-skal, pah-skahl; French pas-kal] /pæˈskæl, pɑˈskɑl; French pasˈkal/
noun
1.
Blaise
[bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
British Dictionary definitions for blaise pascal

pascal

/ˈpæskəl/
noun
1.
the derived SI unit of pressure; the pressure exerted on an area of 1 square metre by a force of 1 newton; equivalent to 10 dynes per square centimetre or 1.45 × 10–4 pound per square inch Pa
Word Origin
C20: named after Blaise Pascal

Pascal1

/French paskal/
noun
1.
Blaise (blɛz). 1623–62, French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist. As a scientist, he made important contributions to hydraulics and the study of atmospheric pressure and, with Fermat, developed the theory of probability. His chief philosophical works are Lettres provinciales (1656–57), written in defence of Jansenism and against the Jesuits, and Pensées (1670), fragments of a Christian apologia

Pascal2

/ˈpæsˌkæl; -kəl/
noun
1.
a high-level computer programming language developed as a teaching language: used for general-purpose programming
Word Origin and History for blaise pascal

PASCAL

high-level computer programming language, 1971, named for French scholar Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), who invented a calculating machine c.1642.

blaise pascal in Medicine

pascal pas·cal (pā-skāl', pä-skäl')
n.
A unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter.

blaise pascal in Science
pascal
  (pā-skāl', pä-skäl')   
The SI derived unit used to measure pressure. One pascal is equal to one newton per square meter.
Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662.  
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher who, with Pierre de Fermat, developed the mathematical theory of probability. He also contributed to the development of differential calculus, and he invented the mechanical calculator and the syringe. The pascal unit of pressure is named after him.