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BLAISE PASCAL
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• BLAISE PASCAL (noun)
The noun BLAISE PASCAL has 1 sense:
1. French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
Familiarity information: BLAISE PASCAL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Blaise Pascal; Pascal
Instance hypernyms:
mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
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