manifold : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: manifold	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for manifold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
manifold adj many and varied; having many features or forms; "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology" Synonym(s): manifold, multiplex n a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies; "an original and two manifolds" Synonym(s): manifold paper, manifold a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions v make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" Synonym(s): multiply, manifold
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manifold \Man"ifold\, 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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manifold \Man"ifold\, 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. [bd]The manifold wisdom of God.[b8] --Eph. iii. 10. [bd]The manifold grace of God.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Manifold \Man"ifold\, 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.