manifold
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English manigfeald, from manig many + -feald -fold
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. marked by diversity or variety
b. many
2. comprehending or uniting various features ; multifarious
3. rightfully so-called for many reasons <
a manifold liar
>
4. consisting of or operating many of one kind combined <a manifold bellpull
>
• manifoldly adverb
• manifoldness noun
II. adverb
Date: before 12th century
many times ; a great deal <will increase your blessings manifold
>
III. verb
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1. to make manifold ; multiply
2. to make several or many copies of
intransitive verb
to make several or many copies
IV. noun
Date: circa 1823
something that is manifold: as
a. a whole that unites or consists of many diverse elements <the manifold of aspirations, passions, frustrations — Harry Slochower
>
b. a pipe fitting with several lateral outlets for connecting one pipe with others; also a fitting on an internal combustion engine that directs a fuel and air mixture to or receives the exhaust gases from several cylinders
c. set 21
d. a topological space in which every point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to the interior of a sphere in Euclidean space of the same number of dimensionsLook at other dictionaries:
- manifold — ˈmæɪfəuld 1. сущ. 1) тех. трубопровод; коллектор 2) многообразие, разнообразие, множество Sy : variety, diversity, set 1. 3) а) копия (сделанная через копирку или копировальным аппаратом) б) копировальная бумага Sy : maifold-paper 2. прил.… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- manifold — 1. noun 1) tech. трубопровод; коллектор 2) многообразие 3) копия(через копирку) 2. adj. разнообразный, разнородный; многочисленный 3. v. разм-ножать (документ в копиях)… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- Manifold — Maifold Ma"i fold, . 1. A copy of a writig made by the maifold process. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A cylidrical pipe fittig, havig a umber of lateral outlets, for coectig oe pipe with several others; as, the exhaust maifold of a… (The Collaborative International Dictionary of English)
- Manifold — Man"i fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Manifolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Manifolding}.] To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter. [1913 Webster]…
- Manifold — Maifold Ma"i fold, a. [AS. maigfeald. See {May}, ad {Fold}.] 1. Various i kid or quality; may i umber; umerous; multiplied; complicated. [1913 Webster] O Lord, how maifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. [1913 Webster] I kow your…
- Manifold writing — Maifold Ma"i fold, a. [AS. maigfeald. See {May}, ad {Fold}.] 1. Various i kid or quality; may i umber; umerous; multiplied; complicated. [1913 Webster] O Lord, how maifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24. [1913 Webster] I kow your…
- manifold — maifold 1> _тех. коллектор, трубопровод; магистраль 2> множество, многообразие 3> копия (через копирку) 4> копировальная бумага 5> копировальный аппарат 6> разнообразный, разнородный; разносторонний; многоаспектный 7> многочисленный _Ex:… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
- manifold — коллектор, гребёнка, разветвлённый трубопровод - distribution manifold - intake manifold - return manifold - supply manifold - ventilation manifold… (Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов)
- Symplectic manifold — I mathematics, a symplectic maifold is a smooth maifold "M" equipped with a closed, odegeerate, 2-form ω called the symplectic form. The study of symplectic maifolds is called symplectic geometry or symplectic topology. Symplectic… (Wikipedia)
- Riemannian manifold — I Riemaia geometry, a Riemaia maifold ("M","g") (with Riemaia metric "g") is a real differetiable maifold "M" i which each taget space is equipped with a ier product "g" i a maer which varies smoothly from poit to poit.…