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Pascal Christen
Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal ( , , ; ; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic Church, Catholic writer. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen. Pa ..., French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, writer and theologian Places * Pascal (crater), a lunar crater * Pascal Island (Antarctica) * Pascal Island (Western Australia) Science and technology * Pascal (unit), the SI unit of pressure * Pascal (programming language), a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth * PASCAL (database), a bibliographic database maintained by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information * Pascal (microarchitecture), codename for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascal (given Name)
Pascal is a masculine and feminine given name. It is a Francophone name, cognate of Italian language, Italian name Pasquale, Spanish language, Spanish name Pascual (other), Pascual, Catalan language, Catalan name Pasqual (other), Pasqual and Portuguese language, Portuguese name Pascoal. ''Pascal'' is common in French-speaking countries, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. Derived feminine forms include ''Pascale'', ''Pascalle'' or ''Pascalina''. Pascal is also common as a surname in France, and in Italy (in Piedmont, Aosta Valley and, as ''De Pascal'', in Friuli-Venezia Giulia). Pascal derives from the Latin language, Latin ''paschalis'' or ''pashalis'', which means "relating to Easter", from the Latin term for "Easter", ''pascha'', Greek language, Greek Πάσχα, from the Aramaic language, Aramaic ''pasḥā'' (Hebrew language, Hebrew ''pesach'') "Passover" (since the Hebrew holiday Passover coincides closely with the later Christian holiday of Easter, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |