HyperDic: blaise_pascal

English > 1 sense of the expression Blaise Pascal:
NOUNperson Blaise Pascal, PascalFrench mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist
English > Blaise Pascal: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662).
SynonymPascal
Instance ofmathematicianA person skilled in mathematics
philosopherA specialist in philosophy
SpanishBlaise Pascal, Pascal
CatalanBlaise Pascal, Pascal

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