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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024man•i•fold /ˈmænəˌfoʊld/USA pronunciation adj. - of many kinds;
having many different parts:manifold duties.
n. [countable] - Mechanical Engineeringa fitting with openings for directing the flow of liquids or gases, as in the exhaust system of an automobile.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024man•i•fold (man′ə fōld′),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
n. - 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.
- Automotive[Mach.]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. - [Math.]a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean. Cf. locally Euclidean space.
v.t. - to make copies of, as with carbon paper.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English manigf(e)ald (adjective, adjectival). See many, -fold
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged various, multitudinous. See many.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged varied, divers, multifarious.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged simple, single.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: manifold /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ adj formal - of several different kinds; multiple
- having many different forms, features, or elements
n - something having many varied parts, forms, or features
- 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
vb - (transitive) to duplicate (a page, book, etc)
- to make manifold; multiply
Etymology: Old English manigfeald. See many, -foldˈmaniˌfoldly adv ˈmaniˌfoldness n |