Pascal

Real World Example

Imagine trying to push a thumbtack into a wall with just your thumb. This is similar to the concept of pressure, where the force you apply with your thumb is like the "newton" and the small area of the thumbtack's point is like the "square meter." The connection is that just as the pressure on the wall increases when you apply the same force over a smaller area (making it easier for the tack to pierce the surface), the pascal measures how much force is concentrated over a specific area, with one pascal being the pressure exerted by one newton of force on one square meter.