manifold

[ man-uh-fohld ]

/ ˈmæn əˌfoʊld /

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adjective

of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.

having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform.

using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.

(of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.

being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy.

noun

something having many different parts or features.

a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.

any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.

Machinery. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.

Philosophy. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.

Mathematics. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean.Compare locally Euclidean space.

verb (used with object)

to make copies of, as with carbon paper.

OTHER WORDS FOR manifold

1 various, multitudinous.

2 varied, divers, multifarious.

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1 simple, single.

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Origin of manifold

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English manigf(e)ald (adjective). See many, -fold

synonym study for manifold

1. See many.

OTHER WORDS FROM manifold

man·i·fold·ly, adverbman·i·fold·ness, noun

Words nearby manifold

Manifest Destiny, manifested, manifest function, manifestly, manifesto, manifold, manifolder, maniform, manikin, Manila, Manila Bay

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How to use manifold in a sentence

The reasons are manifold, starting with early marriages and teen pregnancies.
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A Calabi-Yau manifold is a compact, complex Kähler manifold with a trivial first Chern class.
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Poor Riemann did not name Riemannian manifolds after himself.
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For a high-profile example, let’s take the Calabi-Yau manifold, made famous by string theory.
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Manifold the wonders,” said Sophocles, “nothing towers more wondrous than man!
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First, the Texas governor will have to explain away the manifold gaffes and failures from his last presidential campaign.
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But the accomplishments this group has managed to achieve in a very short time are manifold.
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My first son was about to be born, and I was terrified that my manifold inadequacies as a man would sabotage my success as a dad.
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Tributes to Barzun, who authored a massive shelf full of books from 1932-2004, will and have been manifold.
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Out of manifold experiences in the tragical annals of mankind came the terrible Ahriman.
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There was a constrained late dinner, at the end of which Mamma picked up Judy and put her to bed with endearments manifold.
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The primitive believers, in the midst of their manifold persecutions, rejoiced even in tribulation.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
The grievances which had arisen out of it were manifold; and as a remedy for them he proposed the re-union of the two provinces.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
And then again he remembered his manifold calamities, and burrowed and wallowed in the sense of his disgrace and shame.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for manifold

manifold

/ (ˈmænɪˌfəʊld) /

adjective formal

of several different kinds; multiplemanifold reasons

having many different forms, features, or elementsmanifold breeds of dog

noun

something having many varied parts, forms, or features

a copy of a page, book, etc

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

maths

a collection of objects or a set
a topological space having specific properties

(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

verb

(tr) to duplicate (a page, book, etc)

to make manifold; multiply

Derived forms of manifold

manifolder, nounmanifoldly, adverbmanifoldness, noun

Word Origin for manifold

Old English manigfeald. See many, -fold

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Scientific definitions for manifold

manifold

[ măn′ə-fōld′ ]

A topological space or surface.

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