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William Gilbert

see synonyms of william gilbert

Noun

1. gilbert, sir william gilbert, william gilbert, william s. gilbert, william schwenk gilbert

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

2. gilbert, william gilbert

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


William Gilbert

see synonyms of william gilbert
English physician to Queen Elizabeth I who is noted for his studies of electricity and magnetism.

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