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gil⋅bert

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–noun Electricity.
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi
Origin:
1890–95; named after William Gilbert

Gil⋅bert

  [gil-bert]
–noun
1. Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
2. Henry Franklin Bel⋅knap  [bel-nap] , 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  [shwengk] , 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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gil·bert   (gĭl'bərt)   
n.  The centimeter-gram-second electromagnetic unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 10/4 π ampere-turn.

[After William Gilbert.]
Gil·bert   (gĭl'bərt)   
A city of south-central Arizona, southeast of Phoenix. Population: 192,000.
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.
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.
Gilbert, Walter Born 1932.  
American biologist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing methods of mapping the structure and function of DNA.
Gilbert, William 1544-1603.  
English court physician noted for his studies of electricity and magnetism.
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gil·bert
Pronunciation: 'gil-b&rt
Function: noun
: the cgs unit of magnetomotive force equivalent to 5/(2π) or about 0.794ampere-turn
Gilbert, William (1544–1603), British physician and physicist. Gilbert was the foremost scientist in Elizabethan England and was physician to the Queen. Hewas a notable early supporter of the Copernican view of the universe. In 1600 he published a major work on magnetism. Gilbert is regarded as the father of electrical studies.
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Gilbert Gil·bert (gĭl'bərt), 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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