Gibbs

//ɡɪbz// name

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Proper Noun

1
An English patronymic surname from Gibb (Gilbert).
"On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favorable general election matchup. (Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in November.)"
2
A village in Adair County, Missouri, United States.
3
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States.

Synonyms

josiah willard gibbs

Example

"This software carries out Markov Chain Monte Carlo calculations by the use of Gibbs Sampling."

Etymology

From Gibb + -s.

Related phrases

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Gibbs Cay Gibbs algorithm Gibbs free energy Gibbs measure Gibbs phenomenon Gibbs sampler Gibbs sampling Gibbs state Gibbs-Donnan effect Gibbs-Helmholtz equation Gibbs-Marangoni effect

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