manifold

Meaning

1. Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
2. Many in number; numerous.
3. Complicated.
4. Many times; repeatedly.
5. A copy made by the manifold writing process.
6. A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
7. The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
8. A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
9. A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
10. To make manifold; multiply.
11. To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
12. A surname.
13. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
14. A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove; in full, the River Manifold.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).

Related words

Descendant words

• mannigfaltig(German) (cog)
• manifol(Indonesian) (bor)
• manipol(Indonesian) (bor)

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