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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope