manifoldness


man·i·fold

M0081000 (măn′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 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.
[Middle English, from Old English manigfeald : manig, many; see many + -feald, -fald, -fold.]
man′i·fold′ly adv.man′i·fold′ness n.