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   manifold

   /ˈmanɪfəʊld/

   adjective

   • 1. many and various: formal, literary "the implications of this decision were manifold"
   • ▪ having many different forms or elements: formal, literary "the appeal of the crusade was manifold"

   noun

   • 1. a pipe or chamber branching into several openings: "US aircraft attacked the pipeline manifold feeding the Sea Island"
   • ▪ (in an internal combustion engine) the part conveying air and fuel from the carburettor to the cylinders or that leading from the cylinders to the exhaust pipe: "the exhaust manifold"
   • 2. a collection of points forming a certain kind of set, such as those of a topologically closed surface or an analogue of this in three or more dimensions.
   • 3. (in Kantian philosophy) the sum of the particulars furnished by sense before they have been unified by the synthesis of the understanding.

   Word Origin Old Englishmanigfeald; current noun senses date from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. manifoldly adverb
   • 2. manifoldness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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   • I

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