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Manifold

see synonyms of manifold

Noun

1. manifold

a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes

2. manifold, manifold paper

a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies

Example Sentences:
'an original and two manifolds'

3. manifold

a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions

Verb

4. manifold

make multiple copies of

Example Sentences:
'multiply a letter'

5. manifold, multiply

combine or increase by multiplication

Example Sentences:
'He managed to multiply his profits'

Adjective

6. manifold, multiplex

many and varied; having many features or forms

Example Sentences:
'manifold reasons'
'our manifold failings'
'manifold intelligence'
'the multiplex opportunities in high technology'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Manifold

see synonyms of manifold
adjective formal
1. 
of several different kinds; multiple
manifold reasons
2. 
having many different forms, features, or elements
manifold breeds of dog
noun
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. mathematics
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
verb
8. (transitive)
to duplicate (a page, book, etc)
9. 
to make manifold; multiply

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Manifold

see synonyms of manifold
adjective
1. 
having many and various forms, features, parts, etc.
manifold wisdom
2. 
of many sorts; many and varied; multifarious
used with a plural noun
manifold duties
3. 
being such in many and various ways or for many reasons
a manifold villain
4. 
comprising, consisting of, or operating several units or parts of one kind
said of certain devices
noun
5. 
something that is manifold
6. 
a pipe with one inlet and several outlets or with one outlet and several inlets, for connecting with other pipes, as, in an automobile, for conducting exhausts from each cylinder into a single exhaust pipe
verb transitive
7. 
to make manifold; multiply
8. 
to make more than one copy of
to manifold a letter with carbon paper

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Manifold

see synonyms of manifold
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 in which each point has a neighborhood that is equivalent to a neighborhood in Euclidean space. The surface of a sphere is a two-dimensional manifold because the neighborhood of each point is equivalent to a part of the plane.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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