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
Gilbert
A male given name from Germanic languages.
A surname.
gilbert (plural gilberts)
The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
Source: Wiktionary
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
