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gilbertage

gilbertage noun: an amount of magnetomotive force expressed in gilberts.

Noun

gilbertage (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) An amount of magnetomotive force expressed in gilberts.
    • That is to say, the total number of ampere-hours, including the drop of gilbertage, due to magnetic flux traversing the reluctance of the circuit, must be equal to zero.1903, The Electrical World and Engineer, volume 42, page 369

Origin of gilbertage

From gilbert + -age.

Questions about gilbertage

What does gilbertage mean?
Gilbertage means an amount of magnetomotive force expressed in gilberts.
What part of speech is gilbertage?
Gilbertage is a noun.

Words near gilbertage in the dictionary

  1. Gilbernine poison
  2. gilbert
  3. Gilbert and Ellice Islands
  4. Gilbert Islands
  5. Gilbert's syndrome
  6. gilbertage
  7. Gilbertese
  8. Gilberthorpe
  9. Gilberthorpes
  10. Gilberti
  11. Gilbertian

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