pascal
pa skal
- n a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
- n French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
- n a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach
- In the ceremonial square, a single large pascal candle, used at Easter and funerals to represent new life and resurrection, stood above a small reflecting pool and a symbolic plot .