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1. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
   - Gb, Gi

1. English navigator who in 1583 established in Newfoundland the first English colony in North America (1539-1583)
   - Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Humphrey Gilbert
    
2. United States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934)
   - Cass Gilbert
    
3. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603)
   - Walter Gilbert, William Gilbert
    
4. A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911)
   - W. S. Gilbert, William Gilbert, William S. Gilbert, William Schwenk Gilbert, Sir William Gilbert

Derived forms: gilberts, Gilberts

Type of: architect, designer, doc [informal], doctor, Dr., librettist, magnetomotive force unit, MD, medico [informal], navigator, physician, physicist, poet

Encyclopedia: Gilbert, Martin