different between innumerable vs manifold

English

Etymology

From in- +? numerable; from French innumérable, from Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nu?m??.?b?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nju?m??.?b?l/

Adjective

innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)

1. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

     Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.

Synonyms

• countless, numberless, unnumbered, untold; see also Thesaurus:innumerable

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.nu.m???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.nu.me??a.ble/

Adjective

innumerable (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

   Synonym: innombrable

Further reading

• “innumerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “innumerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “innumerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “innumerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inume??able/, [i.nu.me??a.??le]

Adjective

innumerable (plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

Further reading

• “innumerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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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