noun · rare

manifold

man·i·fold

manifold · manifolds

копия, коллектор, трубопровод, многообразие

Kopie, Sammler, Vervielfältigung, Verteiler

A copy made by the manifold writing processA copy made by the manifold writing process.

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UK/ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/US/ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/

» The novel gives a manifold picture of human life.

Dieser Roman zeigt ein vielfältiges Bild des menschlichen Lebens.

Meaning

5 senses

(historical)A copy made by the manifold writing process.
Vervielfältigung, Kopie
ко́пияkópija
A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
Krümmer, Verteiler, Sammler
колле́кторkolléktor, трубопрово́дtruboprovód
(US, dialectal, in the plural)The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
Mannigfaltigkeit
многообра́зиеmnogoobrázije
A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

More definitions

a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions
a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies

Examples

6 sentences

The novel gives a manifold picture of human life.
deDieser Roman zeigt ein vielfältiges Bild des menschlichen Lebens.
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In calculus, the term varifold is a portmanteau of "variational manifold."
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The benefits will be manifold.
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A distance-preserving diffeomorphism between two Riemannian manifolds is called an isometry.
deEinen Abstand bewahrenden Diffeomorphismus zwischen zwei Riemannschen Mannigfaltigkeiten bezeichnet man als Isometrie.
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A manifold is like a three-layer cake: on the bottom, a set; in the middle, a topology; on top, an atlas.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

copy made by the manifold writing process:

pipe fitting:

locally Euclidean space:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

copy made by the manifold writing process:

pipe fitting:

locally Euclidean space:

Origin

From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, com

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”).

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