English Explanatory Dictionary

manifold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
  2. Many in number; numerous.
  3. Complicated.
adv
  1. Many times; repeatedly.
noun
  1. A copy made by the manifold writing process.
  2. A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
  3. The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
  4. A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
  5. A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
verb
  1. To make manifold; multiply.
  2. To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove; in full, the River Manifold.

Pronunciation

/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/ /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/ /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ En-us-manifold.ogg

Word forms

manifold more manifold most manifold manyfold manifolds manifolding manifolded

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”).

Synonyms

various varied multiplicitous numerous countless eighty-eleven eleventeen eleventy feelefold fifty-eleven forty-eleven manifold many manyfold morefold multiplicate multiplied ninety-eleven numbersome seventy-eleven several sixty-eleven thirty-eleven twenty-eleven umpteen umpty-ump uncountable diverse multiple frequently ofttimes

Antonyms

onefold singlefold

Related words

a lot lot uncountably

Derived words

Manifold Heights manifolder manifoldly manifoldness blackfold Calabi-Yau manifold chain of manifolds conifold continuous manifoldness discontinuous manifoldness inlet manifold intake manifold manifold writer manifold writing maniverter micromanifold neuromanifold nilmanifold non-manifold nonmanifold orbifold pseudomanifold solvmanifold supermanifold
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