Definitions for gilbert

Definitions for (noun) gilbert

Main entry: Gilbert, Cass Gilbert

Definition: United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)


Main entry: Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Definition: English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)


Main entry: Gilbert, William Gilbert

Definition: English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)


Main entry: William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert, Gilbert

Definition: a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)


Main entry: Gi, gilbert, Gb

Definition: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns


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