manifold: Meaning and Definition of

man•i•fold

1. of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
2. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.: a manifold program for social reform.
3. using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.
4. (of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.
5. being such or so designated for many reasons: a manifold enemy.

1. something having many different parts or features.
2. a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.
3. any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.
4. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.
5. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.
6. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean. Cf.

1. to make copies of, as with carbon paper.