[ˈmanɪfəʊld], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- many and various
(e.g: the implications of this decision were manifold)


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Origin:
Old English manigfeald; current noun senses date from the mid 19th century

[ˈmanɪfəʊld], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a pipe or chamber branching into several openings
(e.g: US aircraft attacked the pipeline manifold feeding the Sea Island)

- 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

- (in Kantian philosophy) the sum of the particulars furnished by sense before they have been unified by the synthesis of the understanding


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Origin:
Old English manigfeald; current noun senses date from the mid 19th century