Associations to the word «Gilbert»

Wiktionary

GILBERT, proper noun. A male given name.
GILBERT, noun. The cgs unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

Dictionary definition

GILBERT, noun. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
GILBERT, noun. A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911).
GILBERT, noun. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603).
GILBERT, noun. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583).
GILBERT, noun. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats