manifestation

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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manifestation (ˌmænɪfɛˈsteɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of demonstrating; display: a manifestation of solidarity
2.	the state of being manifested
3.	an indication or sign
4.	a public demonstration of feeling
5.	the materialization of a disembodied spirit

manifes'tational

—*adj*

mani'festative

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

manifestation

mid-15c., "action of manifesting," from L.L. manifestationem (nom. manifestatio), noun of action from L. manifestatus, pp. of manifestare (see manifest). Meaning "an object, action, or presence by which something is made manifest" is from 1785. The spiritualism sense is attested from 1853.

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Medical Dictionary

manifestation man·i·fes·ta·tion (mān'ə-fě-stā'shən)
n.
An indication of the existence, reality, or presence of something, especially an illness.

Example sentences

There is no physical manifestation of expanding space.

Choosing my profession was a natural manifestation of my personality.

Rising government spending is not the only manifestation of growing state power.

In general relativity, gravity is a manifestation of the geometry of spacetime

manifold.

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