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Dictionary: man·i·fold   (măn'ə-fōld') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Many and varied; of many kinds; multiple: our manifold failings.
  2. Having many features or forms: manifold intelligence.
  3. Being such for a variety of reasons: a manifold traitor.
  4. Consisting of or operating several devices of one kind at the same time.
n.
  1. A whole composed of diverse elements.
  2. One of several copies.
  3. A pipe or chamber having multiple apertures for making connections.
  4. Mathematics. A topological space or surface.
tr.v., -fold·ed, -fold·ing, -folds.
  1. To make several copies of, as with carbon paper.
  2. To make manifold; multiply.

[Middle English, from Old English manigfeald : manig, many; see many + -feald, -fald, -fold.]

manifoldly man'i·fold'ly adv.
manifoldness man'i·fold'ness n.

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Antonyms: manifold
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adj

Definition: abundant, many
Antonyms: one, single, sole


Philosophy Dictionary: manifold
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In the philosophy of Kant, the manifold is the unorganized flux presented to the senses, but not experienced, since experience results from the mind structuring the manifold by means of concepts. The nature of the unstructured manifold is unknowable (transcendental).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mangfoldig, kombinations-, universal-, multifunktionel
n. - universalværktøj, manifold, forgreningsrør/-kammer, indsugningsrørsystem
v. tr. - mangfoldiggøre, duplikere

Nederlands (Dutch)
veelvoudig, veelsoortig, menigvuldig, om veel redenen, een aantal functies hebbend, geheel, verzameling, spruitstuk (pijpdeel), vermenigvuldigen, een (groot) aantal kopieën maken

Français (French)
adj. - nombreux, multiple, divers, varié, de diverses sortes
n. - (Aut) collecteur, tubulure, (Philos) diversité
v. tr. - faire le double de, copier, reproduire, multiplier

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mannigfaltig, vielseitig
n. - Vielfältiges, (Tech.) Verteilerrohr
v. - vervielfältigen, vervielfachen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πολλαπλός, πολυσχιδής, πολύπλευρος

Italiano (Italian)
molteplice

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - múltiplo

Русский (Russian)
копировать документ, копировальный аппарат, коллектор, разнообразный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - múltiple
n. - multiplicidad, variedad
v. tr. - sacar varias copias a la vez

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mångfaldig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
多种的, 多方面的, 有许多部分的, 复印本, 多种, 复写, 增多, 繁殖

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多種的, 多方面的, 有許多部分的
n. - 複印本, 多種
v. tr. - 複寫, 增多, 繁殖

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 다양한, 복잡한
n. - 사본, 많음
v. tr. - (사본을) 많이 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 多種多様な, 多面的な, 種々の
n. - マニホールド, 写し, 複写
v. - 複写する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مضاعف, متعدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רב-צורתי, רבגוני, רב-שימושי, רב-תפקודי, מרובה, מורכב‬
n. - ‮סעפת (במכונית), צינור עם יציאות רבות‬
v. tr. - ‮שכפל (במכונת שכפול)‬


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