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• gilbert
  gilbert

  noun

  the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Gi
• Gilbert
  Gilbert

  noun

  Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect noted for grand Beaux-Arts public buildings, including the U.S. Supreme Court Building, and for influential skyscraper designs.

gilbert

¹ American  

[gil-bert] / ˈgɪl bərt /

noun

Electricity.

1. the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Gi

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Gilbert ² American  

[gil-bert] / ˈgɪl bərt /

noun

1. Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect noted for grand Beaux-Arts public buildings, including the U.S. Supreme Court Building, and for influential skyscraper designs.

2. Henry Franklin Belknap 1868–1928, U.S. composer noted as a collector and preservationist of American folk music, especially African American songs.

3. Sir Humphrey, 1537?–83, English soldier, navigator, and colonizer in America: half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh.

4. John John Cecil Pringle, 1897?–1936, U.S. actor: a major star of silent films, known as “the Great Lover.”

5. Walter, born 1932, U.S. biochemist and molecular biologist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.

6. William, 1544?–1603, English physician and physicist: pioneer experimenter in magnetism and electricity.

7. Sir William Schwenck W. S., 1836–1911, English dramatist, librettist, and poet: collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan.

8. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “pledge” and “bright.”

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Gilbert ¹ British  

/ ˈɡɪlbət /

noun

1. Grove Karl. 1843–1918, US geologist who pioneered the study of river development and valley erosion

2. Sir Humphrey. ?1539–83, English navigator: founded the colony at St John's, Newfoundland (1583)

3. William. 1540–1603, English physician and physicist, noted for his study of terrestrial magnetism in De Magnete (1600)

4. Sir W ( illiam ) S ( chwenck ). 1836–1911, English dramatist, humorist, and librettist. He collaborated (1871–96) with Arthur Sullivan on the famous series of comic operettas, including The Pirates of Penzance (1879), Iolanthe (1882), and The Mikado (1885)

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gilbert ² British  

/ ˈɡɪlbət /

noun

1. Symbols: Gb.   Gi.  a unit of magnetomotive force; the magnetomotive force resulting from the passage of 4π abamperes through one turn of a coil. 1 gilbert is equivalent to 10/ 4 π = 0.795 775 ampere-turn

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Gilbert ¹ Scientific  

/ gĭl′bərt /

1. 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 ² Scientific  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of gilbert

First recorded in 1890–95; named after William Gilbert

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Frontispiece portrait || p. i. title william gilbert | of colchester, | physician of London, | on the | Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, | and on | the great magnet the earth.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

THE END. gilbert and rivington, printers, st. john’s square, london.

From Some Remains (hitherto unpublished) of Joseph Butler, LL.D. by Steere, Edward

Here we see the gift that Gilbert Insall’s comrades in the Royal Flying Corps made for him at Christmas 1915: a wooden propeller hub mounted with a clock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

That was just one ball slower than Gilbert Jessop's England Test record.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

And as the original TV version of Laura, Melissa Gilbert, replied on Instagram, “TV doesn’t get too much more ‘woke’ than we did.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

They were the first two Black men elected to City Council, following behind Gilbert Lindsay, the first Black man appointed to fill Edward Roybal’s city council seat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The last thing on earth Gilbert de la O wanted to do was join the army.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge