In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa
{i} programming language that encourages the use of well-constructed and understandable patterns (Computers); (French) first name; family name; Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher and mathematician, founder of modern probability theory
Computer programming language named for Blaise Pascal and based partly on ALGOL. It was developed by Niklaus Wirth of Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology in the late 1960s as an educational tool for systematic teaching of programming, with fast, reliable compilers. It was made available to the public in 1974 and was used by many universities for the next 15 years. Pascal strongly influenced languages developed later, such as Ada. Complex data structures and algorithms can be described concisely by Pascal, and its programs are easy to read and debug. Unit of pressure, abbreviated Pa, in the International System of Units. Named for Blaise Pascal, the unit is a pressure of one newton per square meter (1 N/m^2). It is inconveniently small for many purposes, and the kilopascal (kPa), 1,000 N/m^2, is more commonly used in engineering work (1 lb per sq in. equals 6.895 kPa). Pascal's law Pascal's principle Pascal's wager Pascal Blaise
A high-level programming language that is used similarly to FORTRAN for scientific programming
Unit of atmospheric pressure named in honor of Blaise Pascal (1632-1662), whose experiments greatly increased knowledge of the atmosphere A Pascal is the force of one Newton acting on a surface area of one square meter It is the unit of pressure designated by the International System 100,000 Pa = 1000 mb = 1 bar See atmospheric pressure, millibar
a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662) a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
SI unit of pressure defined as the pressure which applied on a plane area of one square metre, exerts perpendicularly at this surface a total force of one newton
A pascal is the standard unit of pressure 1 pascal is equal to a force of 1 newton applied to an area of 1 square metre
A high-level programming language that is structured to encourage efficient programming habits (documentation) and is used extensively in educational institutions and engineering environments
Name given to the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI) Equal to 1 newton/meter2 or 0 01 millibar
French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
Unit of atmospheric pressure equal to one hundredth of a millibar One hecto pascal (hp) = 1 millibar
A high-level programming language widely used in such academic disciplines as computer sciences and engineering Pascal instructions are simple to express and impose structure upon programming logic
Unit of pressure (N/m2) Not capitalized unless abbreviated PCB Printed Circuit Board Peanut scale Rubber scale FF event developed by Walt Mooney in which wingspan is generally limited to 13 inches maximum
The SI (Standard International)unit of pressure equal to the pressure resulting from a force of one Newton acting over an area of one square meter perihelion: opposite of aphelion The point where the earth is nearest to the sun (147 million kilometers) while in its orbit Currently, this occurs on January 3, but varies when there is a leap year permafrost: layer of soil or bedrock beneath earth's surface that is permanently frozen and has been for thousands of years pH scale: a measure of the range of acidity and alkalinity of a substance, on a scale from 0-14, with acids being on the lower end and bases on the higher end A value of 7 is neutral precipitation: any form of water particles that fall from the clouds and reach the ground Examples are rain, snow, sleet, and hail Fog, dew, frost, and clouds are not forms of precipitation psychrometer: instrument used to measure the water vapor content of the air
A highly structured programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth, and named after Blaise Pascal
A unit of pressure One pascal (Pa) is a pressure equal to a force of one Newton (0 1kg) applied over an area of one square metre Pascals have replaced the Imperial Inches water gauge (1 inch of water = 249Pa)
An argument for theism formulated by Blaise Pascale maintaining that belief in God poses less risk if God does not exist than does eternal damnation for the atheist if God does exist
or Pascal's principle In fluid mechanics, the statement that in a fluid at rest in a closed container, a pressure change in one part is transmitted without loss to every portion of the fluid and to the walls of the container. The principle was first stated by Blaise Pascal, who also discovered that the pressure at a point in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions, and that the pressure would be the same on all planes passing through a specific point
An argument according to which belief in God is rational whether or not God exists, since falsely believing that God exists leads to no harm whereas falsely believing that God does not exist may lead to eternal damnation. Practical argument for belief in God formulated by Blaise Pascal. In his Pensées (1657-58), Pascal posed the following argument to show that belief in the Christian religion is rational: If the Christian God does not exist, the agnostic loses little by believing in him and gains correspondingly little by not believing. If the Christian God does exist, the agnostic gains eternal life by believing in him and loses an infinite good by not believing. William James objected to the argument that it supported belief in any religion that promised an eternal afterlife. Others have objected that though the argument does give one a reason for believing in the Christian God, it does not make that belief "rational" in the proper sense
pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions; the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid; "the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law
a French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, who wrote about religion, and made many important scientific discoveries. His inventions include an early type of calculating machine and the barometer (1623-62). born June 19, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand, France died Aug. 19, 1662, Paris French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. The son of a mathematician, he was a child prodigy, earning the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on conic sections in 1640. In the 1640s and '50s he made contributions to physics (formulating Pascal's law) and mathematics (working on the arithmetic triangle, inventing a calculating machine, and contributing to the advance of differential calculus). For work done in his early years, he is regarded as the founder of the modern theory of probability. At the same time, he became increasingly involved with Jansenism. Les Provinciales were a series of letters defending Jansenism and attacking the Jesuits. His great work of Christian apologetics, Apologie de la religion chrétienne, was never finished, but he put together most of his notes and fragments between 1657 and 1658; these were published posthumously as Pensées (1670). He returned to scientific work, contributing to the Élements de géométrie and publishing his findings on cycloid curves, but he soon returned to devotional life and spent his last years helping the poor. The pascal was named in his honour. See also Pascal's wager