manifold

See also -manifold

English

Alternative forms

• manyfold

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmænɪˌfold/, X-SAMPA: /"m{nI%fold/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/, X-SAMPA: /"m{nI%f@Uld/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: man‧i‧fold
• Rhymes: -ænɪfoʊld
• Homophone: manyfold

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many”) + *-falþaz (“-fold”), equivalent to many +‎ -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangfoldig (“diverse”), Swedish mångfaldig (“multiple, manifold, diverse”).

Noun

manifold (plural manifolds)

1. (now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
2. (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
3. (US, regional, plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
   • 1830 Anson, Somerset Co. Me., accessed 12 June 2007

     My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.

4. (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$ and is Hausdorff.

Derived terms

• manifolder
• manifoldly
• manifoldness

Translations

copy made by the manifold writing process

• Russian: копия (ru) (kópija) f (сде́ланная копирова́льным аппара́том)

• Turkish: teksir (tr)

pipe fitting

• German: Verteiler (de) m
• Greek: πολυσωλήνας (el) (polysolínas) m
• Polish: kolektor (pl) m
• Portuguese: coletor (pt) m

• Russian: коллектор (ru) (kolléktor) m, трубопровод (ru) (truboprovód) m (piping)
• Spanish: colector (es) m
• Turkish: dağıtıcı (tr)

omasum — see omasum

topological space

• Czech: varieta (cs) f
• Danish: mangfoldighed (da) c
• Dutch: variëteit (nl) f
• Finnish: monisto (fi)
• French: variété (fr) f
• German: Mannigfaltigkeit (de) f
• Greek: πολυχώρος (el) (polychóros) m
• Hungarian: sokaság (hu)

• Italian: varietà (it)
• Macedonian: многуобразие (mk) (mnoguobrázie) n
• Polish: rozmaitość (pl) f
• Portuguese: variedade (pt) f
• Russian: многообразие (ru) (mnogoobrázije) n
• Spanish: variedad (es) f
• Swedish: mångfald (sv) c
• Turkish: çokkatlı (tr)

Adjective

manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated; diverse.

   The manifold meanings of the simple English word set are infamous among dictionary makers.

2. Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.

   c1384 ... the manyfold grace of God. — I Petre 4:10 (Wycliffe's Bible)

   1611 The manifold wisdom of God. — Ephesians 3:10. (King James Bible)

Derived terms

• manifold writing

Translations

various in kind or quality

• Dutch: veelvuldig (nl), talrijk (nl), veelvoudig (nl), divers (nl)
• German: vielfältig (de), mannigfaltig (de)
• Greek: πολλαπλός (el) (pollaplós) m, πολυειδής (el) (polyeidís) m, πολύπτυχος (el) (polýptychos) m

• Hungarian: sokféle (hu), sokfajta (hu)
• Italian: molteplice (it), multiforme (it)
• Russian: разнообразный (ru) (raznoobráznyj)

exhibited at diverse times or in various ways

• Greek: πολύμορφος (el) (polýmorfos) m
• Hungarian: sokszor (hu)

• Italian: manifesto (it)

Adverb

manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

1. Many times; repeatedly.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold.

Etymology 2

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”).

Verb

manifold (third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)

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

Translations

multiply

• Czech: rozmnožit (cs)