different between boundless vs manifold

English

Etymology

bound +? -less

Adjective

boundless (comparative more boundless, superlative most boundless)

1. Without bounds, unbounded.
   • 1785, William Cowper, “The Garden”, in The Task, a Poem, in Six Books. By William Cowper [...] To which are Added, by the Same Author, An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and The History of John Gilpin, London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, No. 72 St. Paul's Church-Yard, OCLC 221351486; republished as The Task. A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: or, A Review of Schools, new edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-street, second door above Chestnut-street, 1787, OCLC 23630717, page 87:

     'Tis the cruel gripe, / That lean hard-handed poverty inflicts, / The hope of better things, the chance to win, / The wi?h to ?hine, the thir?t to be amus'd, / That at the found of Winter's hoary wing, / Unpeople all our counties, of ?uch herds, / Of flutt'ring, loit'ring, cringing, begging, loo?e, / And wanton vagrants, as make London, va?t / And boundless as it is, a crowded coop.

Synonyms

• bottomless, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded; see also Thesaurus:infinite

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• manyfold

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæn??fo?ld/, (nonstandard) /?m?n??fo?ld/, /?m?ni?fo?ld/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæn??f??ld/
• Hyphenation: man?i?fold
• Rhymes: -æn?fo?ld

Etymology 1

From Middle English manifold, from Old English mani?feald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many +? -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).

Adjective

manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

1. Various in kind or quality; diverse.

2. Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
3. Complicated.
4. Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
   • c. 1384, I Petre 4:10 (Wycliffe's Bible):

     ... the manyfold grace of God.

   • 1611, Ephesians 3:10 (w:King James Bible):

     The manifold wisdom of God.

Synonyms

• (various in kind or quality): diverse, various, varied, multiplicitous; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
• (many in number): multiple, numerous; see also Thesaurus:manifold

Antonyms

• onefold
• singlefold

Derived terms

• manifolder
• manifoldly
• manifoldness

Translations

Adverb

manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)

1. Many times; repeatedly.

Synonyms

• manyfold, frequently, ofttimes; see also Thesaurus:often

Noun

manifold (plural manifolds)

1. (historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.
2. (mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
3. (US, regional, chiefly in the plural) The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
   • 1830 Anson, Somerset Co. Me., accessed 12 June 2007

     My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.

4. (mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ${\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}}$ and is Hausdorff.
5. (computer graphics) A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object

Usage notes

In mathematics, a manifold of some number of dimensions n is termed an n-manifold (e.g. 3-manifold).

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Etymology 2

From Middle English manifolden, from Old English mani?fealdan (“to multiply, abound, increase, extend, reward”), equivalent to many +? -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalten, Icelandic margfalda (“to multiply”), Swedish mångfaldiga (“to manifold, reproduce”).

Verb

manifold (third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)

1. (transitive) To make manifold; multiply.
2. (transitive, printing) To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.

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