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Manifold
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- 1 Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
"The manifold meanings of the English word set are infamous among lexicographers."
- 2 Many in number; numerous.
"And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the ſyght of thy dyuine maieſtie: […]"
- 3 Complicated.
- 1 many and varied; having many features or forms wordnet
- 1 Many times; repeatedly.
"when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold."
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove; in full, the River Manifold. countable, uncountable
- 1 A copy made by the manifold writing process. historical
- 2 a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes wordnet
- 3 A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
- 4 a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions wordnet
- 5 The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum. US, dialectal, in-plural
"My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty."
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- 6 a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies wordnet
- 7 A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
- 8 A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
- 1 To make manifold; multiply. transitive
- 2 combine or increase by multiplication wordnet
- 3 To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation. transitive
- 4 make multiple copies of wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
From Middle English manifolden, from Old English maniġfealdan (“to multiply, abound, increase, extend, reward”), equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalten, Icelandic margfalda (“to multiply”), Swedish mångfaldiga (“to manifold, reproduce”).
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