manifold
Use Manifold in a sentence
əˌfoʊld adjective
1.
of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
2.
having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform.
3.
using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.
4.
(of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.
5.
being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy.
noun
6.
something having many different parts or features.
7.
a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.
8.
any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.
9.
Machinery. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.
10.
Philosophy. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.
11.
Mathematics. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean. Compare locally Euclidean space.
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12.
to make copies of, as with carbon paper.
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manifold (ˈmænɪˌfəʊld) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of several different kinds; multiple: manifold reasons |
| 2. | having many different forms, features, or elements: manifold breeds of dog |
| —n | |
| 3. | something having many varied parts, forms, or features |
| 4. | a copy of a page, book, etc |
| 5. | a chamber or pipe with a number of inlets or outlets used to collect or distribute a fluid. In an internal-combustion engine the inlet manifold carries the vaporized fuel from the carburettor to the inlet ports and the exhaust manifold carries the exhaust gases away |
| 6. | maths |
| a. a collection of objects or a set | |
| b. a topological space having specific properties | |
| 7. | (in the philosophy of Kant) the totality of the separate elements of sensation which are then organized by the active mind and conceptualized as a perception of an external object |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to duplicate (a page, book, etc) |
| 9. | to make manifold; multiply |
| [Old English manigfeald. See | |
| 'manifolder | |
| —n | |
| 'manifoldly | |
| —adv | |
| 'manifoldness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
manifold
O.E. monigfald (Anglian), manigfeald (W.Saxon), "varied in appearance," from manig "many" + -feald "fold." A common Gmc. compound (cf. O.Fris. manichfald, M.Du. menichvout, Swed. mångfalt, Goth. managfalþs), perhaps a loan-translation of L. multiplex (see
multiply). Retains the original pronunciation of many. The noun in the mechanical sense of "pipe or chamber with several outlets" is from 1884; originally as manifold pipe (1857), in ref. to a type of musical instrument mentioned in the O.T.
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Science Dictionary
| manifold (mān'ə-fōld') Pronunciation Key
A topological space or surface. |
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Example sentences
The block and cylinder heads are aluminum alloy and the intake manifold and camshaft covers are lightweight plastic.
The problem is various and manifold.
It needed only new manifold gaskets and an extensive tune-up.
He always lovingly trusted in you with a fidelity that your manifold treacheries were not able to shake.
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