Manifold (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
  2. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform.
  3. using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.
  4. (of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.
  5. being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy.
noun
  1. something having many different parts or features.
  2. a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.
  3. any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.
  4. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.
  5. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.
  6. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean.
verb (used with object)
  1. to make copies of, as with carbon paper.
adjective formal
  1. of several different kinds; multiple
  2. having many different forms, features, or elements
noun
  1. something having many varied parts, forms, or features
  2. a copy of a page, book, etc
  3. a chamber or pipe with a number of inlets or outlets used to collect or distribute a fluid. In an internal-combustion engine the inlet manifold carries the vaporized fuel from the carburettor to the inlet ports and the exhaust manifold carries the exhaust gases away
  4. maths
    • a collection of objects or a set
    • a topological space having specific properties
  5. (in the philosophy of Kant) the totality of the separate elements of sensation which are then organized by the active mind and conceptualized as a perception of an external object
verb
  1. to duplicate (a page, book, etc)
  2. to make manifold; multiply
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