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manifolds

manifolds is the plural of manifold.

Meaning of manifold

Noun

manifold (plural manifolds)

  1. (historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
  2. A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
  3. (US, dialectal, in plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
    • My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.1830, Anson, Somerset Co. Me., retrieved 12 Jun 2007
  4. A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
  5. A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

See all 14 meanings of manifold

Proper noun capitalized: Manifolds

Manifolds

  1. (plural) plural of Manifold

Phrases with manifolds

Questions about manifolds

What is manifolds the plural of?
Manifolds is the plural of manifold.
What part of speech is manifolds?
Manifolds is a proper noun.

Words near manifolds in the dictionary

  1. manifolders
  2. manifolding
  3. manifoldly
  4. manifoldness
  5. manifoldnesses
  6. manifolds
  7. maniform
  8. manify
  9. manifying
  10. Manigault
  11. Manigaults

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