GILBERT

Gilbert, Cass Gilbert

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

Gilbert, Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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

Gilbert, William Gilbert

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

Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert

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

gilbert, Gb, Gi

(noun) a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Gilbert

A male given name from Germanic languages.

A surname.

Etymology

Noun

gilbert (plural gilberts)

The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

Source: Wiktionary



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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