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Audio Help [gil-bert] Pronunciation Key –noun Electricity.
| the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi |
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Gil·bert
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Audio Help [gil-bert] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect. |
| 2. | Henry Franklin Bel·knap
Audio Help [bel-nap] Pronunciation Key, 1868–1928, U.S. composer. |
| 3. | Sir Humphrey, 1537–83, English soldier, navigator, and colonizer in America. |
| 4. | John (John Pringle), 1895–1936, U.S. film actor. |
| 5. | Walter, born 1932, U.S. molecular biologist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1980. |
| 6. | William, 1544–1603, English physician and physicist: pioneer experimenter in magnetism and electricity. |
| 7. | Sir William Schwenck
Audio Help [shwengk] Pronunciation Key, 1836–1911, English dramatist and poet: collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan. |
| 8. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “pledge” and “bright.” |
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| 1. | Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet. |
| 2. | Hazel (Gladys), 1906–1998, U.S. chemist and businesswoman. |
| 3. | John Peale, 1892–1944, U.S. poet and essayist. |
| 4. | Morris (Gilbert), 1893–1973, U.S. humorist, poet, and biographer. |
| 5. | William Avery (“Billy”), 1894–1956, Canadian aviator: helped to establish Canadian air force. |
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| gil·bert
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n. The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 π ampere-turn. [After William Gilbert.] |
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| Gil·bert
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A city of south-central Arizona, southeast of Phoenix. Population: 174,000. |
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| Gilbert, Cass 1859-1934.
American architect whose design of the 60-story Woolworth Building in New York City (1913) greatly influenced the development of the skyscraper. |
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| Gilbert, Sir Humphrey 1539?-1583.
English navigator who urged exploration for the Northwest Passage, established in Newfoundland (1583) the first English colony in North America, and was lost at sea during a homeward voyage. |
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| Gilbert, Walter Born 1932.
American biologist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing methods of mapping the structure and function of DNA. |
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| Gilbert, William 1544-1603.
English court physician noted for his studies of electricity and magnetism. |
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| Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck 1836-1911.
British playwright and lyricist known for a series of comic operas, including H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) and The Pirates of Penzance (1879), written with composer Sir Arthur Sullivan. |
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Gilbert
male proper name, from O.Fr. Guillebert (from O.H.G. Williberht, lit. "a bright will") or O.Fr. Gilebert, from Gisilbert, lit. "a bright pledge," from O.H.G. gisil "pledge," a Celtic loan-word (cf. O.Ir. giall "pledge") + beorht "bright." It was the common name for a male cat (especially in short form Gib) from c.1450 (see Tom).
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| gilbert | |
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| 1. | a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns |
| 2. | a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) |
| 3. | English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) |
| 4. | English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) |
| 5. | United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) |
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| Gilbert
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American biologist who, building upon the work of Frederick Sanger, formulated a method for determining the sequence of bases in DNA that made it possible to manufacture genetic materials in the laboratory. For this work he shared with Sanger and American biologist Paul Berg the 1980 Nobel Prize for chemistry. |
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| Gilbert, William 1544-1603.
English court physician and physicist whose book De Magnete (1600) was the first comprehensive scientific work published in England. Gilbert demonstrated that the Earth itself is a magnet, with lines of force running between the North and South Poles. He theorized that magnetism and electricity were two types of a single force and was the first to use the words electricity and magnetic pole. |
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Gilbert Creek, WV (CDP, FIPS 30777) Location: 37.57574 N, 81.89503 W
Population (1990): 1784 (666 housing units)
Area: 65.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Gilbert, AZ (town, FIPS 27400) Location: 33.33203 N, 111.76419 W
Population (1990): 29188 (10655 housing units)
Area: 70.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 85234
Gilbert, LA (village, FIPS 28940) Location: 32.05062 N, 91.65537 W
Population (1990): 704 (272 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71336
Gilbert, MN (city, FIPS 23714) Location: 47.49186 N, 92.46052 W
Population (1990): 1934 (940 housing units)
Area: 30.5 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55741
Gilbert, PA Zip code(s): 18331
Gilbert, SC (town, FIPS 29050) Location: 33.92356 N, 81.39424 W
Population (1990): 324 (123 housing units)
Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29054
Gilbert, WV (town, FIPS 30772) Location: 37.61439 N, 81.86737 W
Population (1990): 456 (217 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25621
Gilbert, AR (town, FIPS 26800) Location: 35.99019 N, 92.71821 W
Population (1990): 43 (26 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Gilbert, IA (city, FIPS 30630) Location: 42.10742 N, 93.64751 W
Population (1990): 796 (285 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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