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man⋅i⋅fold

  [man-uh-fohld]
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–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.
–verb (used with object)
12. to make copies of, as with carbon paper.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE manigf(e)ald (adj.). See many, -fold

Related forms:
man⋅i⋅fold⋅ly, adverb
man⋅i⋅fold⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. various, multitudinous. See many. 2. varied, divers, multifarious.

Antonyms:
1. simple, single.
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man·i·fold   (mān'ə-fōld')   
adj.  

  1. Many and varied; of many kinds; multiple: our manifold failings.

  2. Having many features or forms: manifold intelligence.

  3. Being such for a variety of reasons: a manifold traitor.

  4. Consisting of or operating several devices of one kind at the same time.

n.  

  1. A whole composed of diverse elements.

  2. One of several copies.

  3. A pipe or chamber having multiple apertures for making connections.

  4. Mathematics A topological space or surface.

tr.v.   man·i·fold·ed, man·i·fold·ing, man·i·folds

  1. To make several copies of, as with carbon paper.

  2. To make manifold; multiply.


[Middle English, from Old English manigfeald : manig, many; see many + -feald, -fald, -fold.]
man'i·fold'ly adv., man'i·fold'ness n.
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manifold   (mān'ə-fōld')  Pronunciation Key 
A topological space or surface.
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