单词 | manifold |
释义 | manifold —manifoldly, adv. —manifoldness, n. /man"euh fohld'/, adj. 1. of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties. 2. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform. 3. using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time. 4. (of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper. 5. being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy. n. 6. something having many different parts or features. 7. a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding. 8. any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter. 9. Mach. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered. 10. Philos. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience. 11. Math. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean. Cf. locally Euclidean space. v.t. 12. to make copies of, as with carbon paper. [bef. 1000; ME; OE manigf(e)ald (adj.). See MANY, -FOLD] Syn. 1. various, multitudinous. See many. 2. varied, divers, multifarious. Ant. 1. simple, single. |
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