Pascal

A Pascal is a unit of measure for force.

• It is a standard Imperial metric.

Description (Specifications)

A pascal is the unit of force used to quantify internal pressure, stress, and tensile strength. It is defined as one newton per square meter.

• The standard abbreviation is Pa.
• The kilopascal (kPa) is an exponential value of the pascal.

Term Usage Example

One Standard Atmosphere is defined as being precisely equal to 101.325 kPa

History & Background (Dossier)

The pascal was first defined as a unit of force on Terra prior to the foundation of the Terran Confederation: it is named for Blaise Pascal, a Terran mathematician born around -2900. Technologists found the pascal useful as the concept of the Technology Level and standardized ideas about sophont society development began to take form.

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 615.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science