manifold

  1. Noun.  (context, now historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
  2. Noun.  (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
  3. Noun.  (US, regional) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
  4. Noun.  (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space mathbb{R}^n and is Hausdorff.
  5. Adjective.  Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated; diverse.
  6. Adjective.  Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
  7. Adverb.  Many times; repeatedly.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.

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