manifold

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmanɪfəʊld/

adjective

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

noun

  • 1a 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 Mathematics 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.

Derivatives

manifoldly

adverb

manifoldness

noun

Origin:

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