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Definition of Gilbert

1. Noun. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

2. Noun. A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911).

3. Noun. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603).

4. Noun. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583).

5. Noun. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934).

Definition of Gilbert

1. Proper noun. (Germanic male given name). ¹

2. Noun. The cgs unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gilbert

1. a unit of magnetomotive force [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gilbert

1. The unit of magnetomotive force or magnetic potential. Origin: W. Gilbert, English physicist, 1544-1603 (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gilbert

gigohm gigohms gigolos gigot gigot sleeve gigots gigs gigster gigsters gigue

gigues gila monster gilalite gilas gilbert (current term) gilbert's disease gilbertite gilberts gilcup gilcups

gild gild the lily gilded gilded cage gilded cages gilded flicker gilded the lily gilden gilder

Literary usage of Gilbert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nat Munie R 7:379-83 Л 48 gilbert, Bernard Dip into history. English R 26:364-7 Ap 48 1 ... Poet Lore 27:343-52 My '16 gilbert de Voisins, A. Joseph Conrad. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"gilbert, Thomas B. To guard our coast from water. Tech. ... gilbert and Sullivan, and their operas, by F. Cellier and C. Bridgeman. Review. Dial. 57: 291-3. ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Philip Yorke Hardwicke (1754)
"... but will be left to hi 5 remedy at law« " May die nth, 1732, Memorandum, A wager was made, " and this day entered into, between gilbert ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"... heir of Sir Thomas Coleby ; Mr. gilbert Knowler (it being ex- f«i«fa£tion for tremely doubtful at that time who was heir or coheir of Sir lis ..."

5. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1918)
"JOHN gilbert. 1810—1889. THE death of John gilbert (June 17, 1889, at Boston), although an event rationally to be expected—for he was close on eighty years ..."

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