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Manifold : adj : many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold
reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold
intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high
technology" [syn: multiplex]
(noun)
1: a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other
pipes
2: a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple
copies; "an original and two manifolds" [syn: manifold
paper]
3: a set of points such as those of a closed surface or and
analogue in three or more dimensions
(verb)
1: make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter"
2: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to
multiply his profits" [syn: multiply]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Manifold : \Man"i*fold\, a. [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and
Fold.]
1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous;
multiplied; complicated.
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! --Ps. civ. 24.
I know your manifold transgressions. --Amos v. 12.
2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to
qualify nouns in the singular number. ``The manifold
wisdom of God.'' --Eph. iii. 10. ``The manifold grace of
God.'' --1 Pet. iv. 10.
Manifold writing, a process or method by which several
copies, as of a letter, are simultaneously made, sheets of
coloring paper being infolded with thin sheets of plain
paper upon which the marks made by a stylus or a
type-writer are transferred.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Manifold : \Man"i*fold\, n.
1. A copy of a writing made by the manifold process.
2. (Mech.) A cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of
lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several
others.
3. pl. The third stomach of a ruminant animal. [Local, U.S.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Manifold : \Man"i*fold\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Manifolded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Manifolding.]
To take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to
manifold a letter.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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