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MANIFOLD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe that has several lateral outlets to or from other pipes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("manifold" is a kind of...):
pipage; pipe; piping (a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manifold"):
exhaust manifold (a manifold that receives exhaust gases from the cylinders and conducts them to the exhaust pipe)
inlet manifold (manifold that carries vaporized fuel from the carburetor to the inlet valves of the cylinders)
intake manifold (a manifold consisting of a pipe to carry fuel to each cylinder in an internal-combustion engine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A set of points such as those of a closed surface or an analogue in three or more dimensions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("manifold" is a kind of...):
mathematical space; topological space ((mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies
Example:
an original and two manifolds
Synonyms:
manifold; manifold paper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manifold" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Derivation:
manifold (make multiple copies of)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many and varied; having many features or forms
Example:
the multiplex opportunities in high technology
Synonyms:
manifold; multiplex
Classified under:
Similar:
multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Combine or increase by multiplication
Example:
He managed to multiply his profits
Synonyms:
manifold; multiply
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "manifold" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "manifold"):
double; duplicate (increase twofold)
treble; triple (increase threefold)
quadruple (increase fourfold)
quintuple (increase fivefold)
proliferate (cause to grow or increase rapidly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make multiple copies of
Example:
multiply a letter
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "manifold" is one way to...):
copy; re-create (make a replica of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
manifold (a lightweight paper used with carbon paper to make multiple copies)
