Definition of "manifold"

manifold¹

/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/

adjective
comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold
1. Various in kind or quality; diverse.
2. Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
  Quotations
  And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the ſyght of thy dyuine maieſtie: […]
  1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Supper of the Lorde, and the Holy Communion, Commonly Called the Masse”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], folio cxxix, recto
3. Complicated.
4. Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
  Quotations
  […] the manyfold grace of God.
  c. 1384, I Petre 4:10 (Wycliffe's Bible)
  The manifold wisdom of God.
  1611, Ephesians 3:10 (w:King James Bible)
adverb
comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold
1. Many times; repeatedly.
  Quotations
  when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold.
  1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 12
noun
plural manifolds
1. (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, dialectal, chiefly in the plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
  Quotations
  My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.
  1830, Anson, Somerset Co. Me.‎, retrieved 12 June 2007
4. (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space R n and is Hausdorff.
5. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

manifold²

/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/

verb
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.

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