English noun: gilbert |
1. | gilbert (quantity) a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns |
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| Synonyms | Gb, Gi |
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| Broader (hypernym) | magnetomotive force unit |
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2. | Gilbert (person) a librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911) |
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| Synonyms | Sir William Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert |
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| Instance hypernym | librettist, poet |
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3. | Gilbert (person) English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603) |
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| Synonyms | William Gilbert |
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| Instance hypernym | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician, physicist |
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4. | Gilbert (person) English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583) |
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| Synonyms | Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert |
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| Instance hypernym | navigator |
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5. | Gilbert (person) United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) |
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| Synonyms | Cass Gilbert |
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| Instance hypernym | architect, designer |
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