[fil-ips] 
| Ambrose, 1675?–1749, English poet and dramatist. |
[fil-ip] | 1. | one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7. |
| 2. | one of the leaders of the Christian Hellenists in the early church in Jerusalem who afterwards became an evangelist and missionary. Acts 6; 8:26–40. |
| 3. | King (Metacomet ), died 1676, North American Indian chief: sachem of the Wampanoag tribe 1662–76; leader of the Indians in King Philip's War. |
| 4. | Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, born 1921, consort of Elizabeth II. |
| 5. | a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “lover of horses.” |
| Phil·ips (fĭl'ĭps) British poet known especially for his collection Pastorals (1709). |
Philips company
A Dutch multinational electronics company. It produces washing machines, consumer electronics, integrated circuits and light bulbs. Together with Sony they set the Compact Disc standard, especially Green Book CD-ROM. They are members of the Open Software Foundation. Philips Research Labs developed the POOL and SPL languages.
Address: Philips Research Labs, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
(1995-02-07)