"pascal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæskəl/ [UK], /ˈpæskl̩/ [UK], /pæˈskæl/ [US], /pæsˈkæl/ [US], [pʰæˈskæɫ] [US], [pʰæsˈkʰæɫ] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pascal.wav Forms: pascals [plural]
Rhymes: -æskəl, -æl Etymology: Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|pascal}} French pascal, {{named-after/list|scientist and philosopher||||}} scientist and philosopher, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Blaise Pascal}} Blaise Pascal, {{named-after|en|Blaise Pascal|nat=French|nocap=1|occ=scientist and philosopher|wplink==}} named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal, {{doublet|en|Paschal}} Doublet of Paschal Head templates: {{en-noun}} pascal (plural pascals)
  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa. Wikipedia link: Pascal (unit) Categories (topical): SI units Translations (SI unit of pressure and stress): паска́л (paskál) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pascal [masculine] (Catalan), 帕斯卡 (pàsīkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), pascal [masculine] (Czech), pascal (Danish), paskalo (Esperanto), pascal (Finnish), pascal [masculine] (French), Pascal [neuter] (German), pascal (Hungarian), paskal [neuter] (Icelandic), pascal (Indonesian), pascal (Interlingua), pascal [masculine] (Italian), パスカル (pasukaru) (Japanese), 파스칼 (paseukal) (Korean), pascal (Malay), paskal [masculine] (Polish), pascal (Portuguese), паска́ль (paskálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), paskal [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pascal [masculine] (Spanish), pascal [common-gender] (Swedish), ปาสกาล (bpáas-gaal) (Thai), พาสคัล (páas-kaal) (Thai)

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    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "word": "pascal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paskal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "word": "pascal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paskálʹ",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "паска́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paskal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pascal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pascal"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpáas-gaal",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "word": "ปาสกาล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "páas-kaal",
      "sense": "SI unit of pressure and stress",
      "word": "พาสคัล"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pascal"
}

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