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The masculine name '''Pascal''' is derived from the [[latin]] ''paschalis'', in turn from the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ''[[pesach]]'', which means to be born on, or to be associated with, [[Passover]] day. The names [[Paschal]], Pasqual, Pasquale, Pascali, [[Pascha]], [[Pace]], Pascoe and [[Pasco]] are all variations of ''Pascal''. The feminine form is ''Pascale'' or ''Pascalle''.


The '''[[pascal]]''' is a unit of pressure.
''Pascal'' can refer to several things:
* '''[[Blaise Pascal]]''', the [[France|French]] [[mathematician]] and [[philosopher]].
* '''[[pascal]]''', the [[SI]] [[physical unit|unit]] of [[pressure]].
* The '''[[Pascal programming language]]'''.
* '''[[Pascal's triangle]]''' in [[binomial coefficient]].
* '''Pascal's distribution''' (Bernoulli Process), also known as the '''[[Negative binomial distribution]]'''.
* '''Paskal''' is a [[Malaysia]]n naval special forces unit.
* '''[[Pascal's wager]]''', a philosophical argument for belief in God.
* '''Pascal''' is a character in the [[video game]] [[Animal Crossing: Wild World]].
* '''Pascal''' is a lunar crater, see [[Pascal_(crater)|Pascal (crater)]].


'''Pascal''' may also refer to:
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* [[Pascal (name)]], a masculine given name
* [[Blaise Pascal]] (1623–1662) , French mathematician and philosopher
* [[Pascal programming language]], developed in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth
* [[Pascal's triangle]], a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle
* [[Pascal's Wager]], a philosophical argument for belief in God
* [[Pascal (crater)]], a lunar crater
* Pascal distribution, a special case of the [[Negative binomial distribution|negative binomial]]
* [[Paskal]], a Malaysian naval special forces unit
* Pascal, a character in the video game ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]''


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Revision as of 23:57, 9 June 2006

The pascal is a unit of pressure.

Pascal may also refer to: