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William Gilbert

Definitions: William Gilbert

William Gilbert

Noun

1. A librettist who was a collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in a famous series of comic operettas (1836-1911).

2. English court physician noted for his studies of terrestrial magnetism (1540-1603).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: William Gilbert

Synonyms: Gilbert (n), Sir William Gilbert (n), William Schwenk Gilbert (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: William Gilbert

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

William Gilbert (or William Gylberde) May 24, 1544, Colchester, England - December 10, 1603, London?, English physician to Elizabeth I and James I and scientific researcher into magnetism and electricity. His primary work was De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth) published in 1600. In this work he describes many of his experiments with his model earth called the terrella.

A unit of magnetomotive force, also known as magnetic potential, is named the gilbert in his honor.

References

Stephen Pumfrey & David Tilley, "William Gilbert: forgotten genius", Physics World, November 2003; [online edition]

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "William Gilbert."

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Crosswords: William Gilbert

English words defined with "William Gilbert": Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Arthur Sullivan ♦ Gilbertian ♦ Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir William Gilbert, Sullivan. (references)

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Expression: William Gilbert

Expression using "William Gilbert": Sir William Gilbert. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: William Gilbert

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-i-i-i-l-l-l-m-r-t-w"

-3 letters: illimitable.

-4 letters: milliliter.

-5 letters: argillite, illiberal, limitable, litigable.

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Alternative Orthography: William Gilbert


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 69 6C 6C 69 61 6D      47 69 6C 62 65 72 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100001 01101101 00100000 01000111 01101001 01101100 01100010 01100101 01110010 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0069 006C 006C 0069 0061 006D      0047 0069 006C 0062 0065 0072 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57757878756779241757868718486

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2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
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