different between composite vs manifold

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French composite, from Latin compositus, past participle of comp?n? (“put together”). Doublet of compost.

Pronunciation

• (Canada, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp?z?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?m?p?z?t/
• Rhymes: -?z?t

Adjective

composite (comparative more composite, superlative most composite)

1. Made up of multiple components; compound or complex.
2. (architecture) Being a mixture of Ionic and Corinthian styles.
3. (mathematics) Having factors other than itself and one; not prime and not one.
4. (botany) Belonging to the Asteraceae family (formerly known as Compositae), bearing involucrate heads of many small florets.
5. (photography, historical) Employing multiple exposures on a single plate, so as to create an average view of something, such as faces in physiognomy.

   composite portraiture; a composite photograph

Derived terms

• composite bow
• composite sketch
• composite sync

Translations

Noun

composite (plural composites)

1. A mixture of different components.
2. A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
3. (botany) A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
4. (mathematics) A function of a function.
5. (mathematics) Clipping of composite number.
6. (chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
7. (rail transport, Britain) A railway carriage with compartments for two different classes of travel; see Composite Corridor.

Derived terms

• DYC

Translations

See also

• aggregate
• conglomerate

Verb

composite (third-person singular simple present composites, present participle compositing, simple past and past participle composited)

1. To make a composite.

   I composited an image using computer software.

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Related terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French, borrowed from Latin compositus. Doublet of compote and compost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po.zit/

Noun

composite m (plural composites)

1. composite material

Adjective

composite (plural composites)

1. composite

Further reading

• “composite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

composite

1. feminine plural of composito

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kom?po.si.te/, [k?m?p?s??t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kom?po.si.te/, [k?m?p??s?it??]

Adjective

composite

1. vocative masculine singular of compositus

References

• composite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• composite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• composite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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