manifold

See also -manifold

English

Alternative forms

• manyfold

Pronunciation

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

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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 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

Turkish: teksir (tr)

pipe fitting

Greek: πολυσωλήνας (el) (polysolínas) m. Portuguese: coletor (pt) m.

Russian: коллектор (ru) m. Spanish: colector (es) m.

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) (mnogoobrazie) n. Spanish: variedad (es) f. Swedish: mångfald (sv) c.

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)

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)