Definitions for Manifold
ˈmæn əˌfoʊldman·i·fold

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. manifoldnoun

   a pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes

2. manifold paper, manifoldnoun

   a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies

   "an original and two manifolds"

3. manifoldadjective

   a set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions

4. manifold, multiplexverb

   many and varied; having many features or forms

   "manifold reasons"; "our manifold failings"; "manifold intelligence"; "the multiplex opportunities in high technology"

5. manifoldverb

   make multiple copies of

   "multiply a letter"

6. multiply, manifoldverb

   combine or increase by multiplication

   "He managed to multiply his profits"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manifoldadjective

   Of different kinds; many in number; multiplied; complicated.

   Etymology: many and fold.

   When his eyes did her behold,
   Her heart did seem to melt in pleasures manifold. Fa. Qu.

   Terror of the torments manifold,
   In which the damned souls he did behold. Edmund Spenser.

   If that the king
   Have any way your good deserts forgot,
   Which he confesseth to be manifold,
   He bids you name your griefs. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   If any man of quality will maintain upon Edward earl of Glo’ster, that he is a manifold traitor, let him appear. William Shakespeare.

   They receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. Luke xviii. 30.

   To represent to the life the manifold use of friendship, see how many things a man cannot do himself. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   They not obeying,
   Incurr’d, what cou’d they less? the penalty;
   And manifold in sin deserv’d to fall. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   My scope in this experiment is manifold. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

   We are not got further than the borders of the mineral kingdom, so very ample is it, so various and manifold its productions. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manifold

   In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point. More precisely, an n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional manifold, or n {\displaystyle n} -manifold for short, is a topological space with the property that each point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to an open subset of n {\displaystyle n} -dimensional Euclidean space. One-dimensional manifolds include lines and circles, but not lemniscates. Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, and also the Klein bottle and real projective plane. The concept of a manifold is central to many parts of geometry and modern mathematical physics because it allows complicated structures to be described in terms of well-understood topological properties of simpler spaces. Manifolds naturally arise as solution sets of systems of equations and as graphs of functions. The concept has applications in computer-graphics given the need to associate pictures with coordinates (e.g. CT scans). Manifolds can be equipped with additional structure. One important class of manifolds are differentiable manifolds; their differentiable structure allows calculus to be done. A Riemannian metric on a manifold allows distances and angles to be measured. Symplectic manifolds serve as the phase spaces in the Hamiltonian formalism of classical mechanics, while four-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds model spacetime in general relativity. The study of manifolds requires working knowledge of calculus and topology.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. manifold

   A manifold refers to a mathematical concept that describes a space that locally resembles Euclidean space. It is a mathematical object that can be visualized as a shape with a smooth and continuous structure. In simple terms, a manifold is a collection of points that locally look like regular spaces, such as planes or curves, but may have a more complex global structure. Manifolds are extensively used in various branches of mathematics, physics, and computer science to study and model complex phenomena and spaces.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manifoldadjective

   various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated

2. Manifoldadjective

   exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify nouns in the singular number

3. Manifoldnoun

   a copy of a writing made by the manifold process

4. Manifoldnoun

   a cylindrical pipe fitting, having a number of lateral outlets, for connecting one pipe with several others

5. Manifoldnoun

   the third stomach of a ruminant animal

6. Manifoldverb

   to take copies of by the process of manifold writing; as, to manifold a letter

7. Etymology: [AS. manigfeald. See Many, and Fold.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Manifold

   In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that near each point resembles Euclidean space. More precisely, each point of an n-dimensional manifold has a neighbourhood that is homeomorphic to the Euclidean space of dimension n. Lines and circles, but not figure eights, are one-dimensional manifolds. Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, which can all be realized in three dimensions, but also the Klein bottle and real projective plane which cannot. Although near each point, a manifold resembles Euclidean space, globally a manifold might not. For example, the surface of the sphere is not a Euclidean space, but in a region it can be charted by means of geographic maps: map projections of the region into the Euclidean plane. When a region appears in two neighbouring maps, the two representations do not coincide exactly and a transformation is needed to pass from one to the other, called a transition map. The concept of a manifold is central to many parts of geometry and modern mathematical physics because it allows more complicated structures to be described and understood in terms of the relatively well-understood properties of Euclidean space. Manifolds naturally arise as solution sets of systems of equations and as graphs of functions. Manifolds may have additional features. One important class of manifolds is the class of differentiable manifolds. This differentiable structure allows calculus to be done on manifolds. A Riemannian metric on a manifold allows distances and angles to be measured. Symplectic manifolds serve as the phase spaces in the Hamiltonian formalism of classical mechanics, while four-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds model spacetime in general relativity.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manifold

   man′i-fōld, adj. various in kind or quality: many in number: multiplied.—adj. Man′ifolded (Spens.), having many folds or complications.—adv. Man′ifoldly.—n. Man′ifoldness.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MANIFOLD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Manifold is ranked #35671 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Manifold surname appeared 630 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Manifold.
   
   86% or 542 total occurrences were White.
   8.8% or 56 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce Manifold?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Manifold in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Manifold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Manifold in a Sentence

1. "Scratch" Garrison:

   A plan is just a tangent vector on the manifold of reality.

2. Loro Parque:

   A voluntary stranding is a natural behavior of orcas living in the wild… The orcas at Loro Parque are trained to leave the water on their own accord. This behavior is used for manifold purposes, for example, for presenting the animals to the public, for conducting corporal check-ups, for inspecting their blowholes, as well as for testing hearing abilities of the orcas.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Manifold
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Manifold
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Manifold
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Manifold
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Manifold
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html