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Pronunciation [edit]
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmænɪˌfold/, X-SAMPA: /"m{nI%fold/
- (RP) IPA: /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/, X-SAMPA: /"m{nI%f@Uld/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: man‧i‧fold
- Rhymes: -ænɪfoʊld
- Homophone: manyfold
Etymology 1 [edit]
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 [edit]
manifold (plural manifolds)
- (now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
- (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
- (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.
- 1830 Anson, Somerset Co. Me., accessed 12 June 2007
- (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space
and is Hausdorff.
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Adjective [edit]
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
- 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.
- 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)
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Adverb [edit]
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
- 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.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
Etymology 2 [edit]
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 [edit]
manifold (third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)
- (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
- (transitive, printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
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