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manipulanda

manipulanda is the plural of manipulandum.

Meaning of manipulandum

Noun

manipulandum (plural manipulanda or manipulandums)

  1. Something that is manipulated physically, especially when testing motor skills
    • The manipulandum was a vertical rigid metal rod, with a disc attached to the top, which was placed in front of the animal in the midsagittal plane and which the animal grasped with the hand pronated.1999 March 12, Adam F. Carpenter et al., “Motor Cortical Encoding of Serial Order in a Context-Recall Task”, in Science, volume 283, number 5408, →DOI, pages 1752–1757

Questions about manipulanda

What is manipulanda the plural of?
Manipulanda is the plural of manipulandum.

Words near manipulanda in the dictionary

  1. manips
  2. manipulabilities
  3. manipulability
  4. manipulable
  5. manipulably
  6. manipulanda
  7. manipulandum
  8. manipulandums
  9. manipular
  10. manipulars
  11. manipulatable

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