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manifold en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/ (US, nonstandard)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
   • To the intent that now vnto the principalities and powers in heauenly places, might be knowen by the church, the manifold wisedome of God, […] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 3:10:
   • [E]ch man as he receyuede grace, mynistringe ‘it in to ech other, as goode dispenderes of the manyfolde grace of God. c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume IV (in Middle English), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, I. Peter IV:10, page 612:
   • 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: […] 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Supper of the Lorde, and the Holy Communion, Commonly Called the Masse”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio cxxix, recto:
3. Complicated.

Forms

Antonyms

singlefold · onefold

Deriveds

manifoldly · manifolder · manifoldness · Manifold Heights

Hyponyms

twofold · eightfold · fivefold · sevenfold · threefold · sixfold · ninefold · fourfold · tenfold

Relateds

lot · a lot · uncountably

Synonyms

multiplied · multiplicate · sixty-eleven · numerous · eighty-eleven · many · various · twenty-eleven · manyfold · uncountable · fifty-eleven · forty-eleven · eleventeen · multiple (many in number) · manifold · multiplicitous · ninety-eleven · eleventy · umpteen · varied · thirty-eleven · numbersome · seventy-eleven · umpty-ump · legion · several · morefold · feelefold · countless · diverse (various in kind or quality)

Translations (53)

it multiforme (various in kind or quality) · de vielfältig (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · fr multiple (numerous, multiple, multiplied) · de mannigfaltig (various in kind or quality) · de wiederkehrend (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · el ποικιλόπτυχος (various in kind or quality) · cmn 雜多的 /杂多的 (various in kind or quality) · tr farklı (various in kind or quality) · nl veelvoudig (various in kind or quality) · de vielfach (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · pt variados (various in kind or quality) · el πολυειδής (various in kind or quality) · ar مُتَنَوِّع (various in kind or quality) · fi moninainen (various in kind or quality) · hu sokszor (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · fr divers (various in kind or quality) · grc ποικίλος (various in kind or quality) · bg множествен (numerous, multiple, multiplied) · es múltiple (various in kind or quality) · la multiplex (various in kind or quality) · da mangfoldig (various in kind or quality) · eo multnombra (numerous, multiple, multiplied) · hu sokfajta (various in kind or quality) · ru разнообра́зный (various in kind or quality) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (various in kind or quality) · eo plurfoja (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · grc παντοδαπός (various in kind or quality) · it molteplice (various in kind or quality) · eo pluropa (various in kind or quality) · de vielfältig (various in kind or quality) · bg разнороден (various in kind or quality) · tl damihan (various in kind or quality) · pt múltiplos (various in kind or quality) · eo diversa (various in kind or quality) · grc πολύτροπος (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · el πολύπτυχος (various in kind or quality) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (various in kind or quality) · bg многоброен (numerous, multiple, multiplied) · de divers (various in kind or quality) · sv mångfaldig (various in kind or quality) · el πολύμορφος (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · nl divers (various in kind or quality) · el πολλαπλός (various in kind or quality) · hu sokféle (various in kind or quality) · de verschieden (various in kind or quality) · nl veelvuldig (various in kind or quality) · bg разнообразен (various in kind or quality) · nl talrijk (various in kind or quality) · fi moninainen (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · eo plurforma (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · de unterschiedlich (various in kind or quality) · it manifesto (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways) · de mannigfach (exhibited at diverse times or in various ways)

manifold en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/ (US, nonstandard)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. Many times; repeatedly.
   • when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold. 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 12:
   • It was found necessary to clear the entire piers from the mass of onlookers, or else the fatalities of the night would have been increased manifold. 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:

Forms

Synonyms

frequently · ofttimes · manyfold

manifold en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/ (US, nonstandard)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)

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”).

Meanings

1. (historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
2. A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
3. (US, dialectal, in-plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
   • My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty. 1830, Anson, Somerset Co. Me., retrieved 12 Jun 2007:
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

Forms

Deriveds

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

Hyponyms

Weeks manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · non-smoothable manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · piecewise linear manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · almost symplectic manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Finsler manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · submanifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Hermitian manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Whitehead manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · CR manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · complex manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · calibrated manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Riemannian manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · G2 manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · analytic manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · n-dimensional manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · non-Hausdorff manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · pseudo-Riemannian manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Banach manifold ((mathematics) infinite-dimensional manifolds) · Hilbert manifold ((mathematics) infinite-dimensional manifolds) · smooth manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · real manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Ricci-flat manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Kähler manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · E8 manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Grassmann manifold ((mathematics) generic families of manifolds) · n-manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Sasakian manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · C∞-manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · contact manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Cω-manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · semi-Riemannian manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Calabi–Yau manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Hyperkähler manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · pure manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Kervaire manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · almost complex manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Einstein manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Flag manifold ((mathematics) generic families of manifolds) · Ck-manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Finsler manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · connected manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Quaternionic Kähler manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · spin manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · manifold with boundary ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Lie group ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · topological manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · differentiable manifold ((mathematics) manifolds definable by a particular choice of atlas) · complex manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · symplectic manifold ((mathematics) manifolds with additional structure) · Stiefel manifold ((mathematics) generic families of manifolds) · Lorentzian manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Spin(7) manifold ((mathematics) other manifolds) · Fréchet manifold ((mathematics) infinite-dimensional manifolds)

Translations (47)

it varietà (locally Euclidean space) · fi jakoputki (pipe fitting) · nl variëteit (locally Euclidean space) · tr dağıtıcı (pipe fitting) · it collettore (pipe fitting) · ro varietate (locally Euclidean space) · da mangfoldighed (locally Euclidean space) · eo distubarilo (pipe fitting) · tr teksir (copy made by the manifold writing process) · de Mannigfaltigkeit (locally Euclidean space) · sv mångfald (locally Euclidean space) · bg многообразие (locally Euclidean space) · kk көпбейне (locally Euclidean space) · ru ко́пия (copy made by the manifold writing process) · ja 多様体 (locally Euclidean space) · de Verteiler (pipe fitting) · vi đa tạp (locally Euclidean space) · pt coletor (pipe fitting) · de Heizungsverteiler (pipe fitting) · es variedad (locally Euclidean space) · fr collecteur (pipe fitting) · ru колле́ктор (pipe fitting) · de Sammler (pipe fitting) · ru трубопрово́д (pipe fitting) · tr çok katlı (locally Euclidean space) · ca col·lector (pipe fitting) · fi monisto (locally Euclidean space) · pt variedade (locally Euclidean space) · mk многуобра́зие (locally Euclidean space) · cmn 流形 (locally Euclidean space) · nb manifold (pipe fitting) · de Kopie (copy made by the manifold writing process) · el πολυχώρος (locally Euclidean space) · fr variété (locally Euclidean space) · ru многообра́зие (locally Euclidean space) · de Krümmer (pipe fitting) · cs varieta (locally Euclidean space) · ca varietat (locally Euclidean space) · el πολυσωλήνας (pipe fitting) · hu sokaság (locally Euclidean space) · bg разклонение (pipe fitting) · es colector (pipe fitting) · pl rozmaitość (locally Euclidean space) · de Vervielfältigung (copy made by the manifold writing process) · pl kolektor (pipe fitting) · he יריעה טופולוגית (locally Euclidean space) · fi jakotukki (pipe fitting)

manifold en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/ (US, nonstandard)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ (US)
• /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
2. (transitive) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.

Forms

Translations (5)

de vervielfachen (multiply) · cs rozmnožit (multiply) · bg размножавам (multiply) · sv mångfaldiga (multiply) · de vervielfältigen (multiply)