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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
man′i•fold′ly, adv. man′i•fold′ness, n. - 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.
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