Manifold (disambiguation)

A manifold is an abstract mathematical space which, in a close-up view, resembles the spaces described by Euclidean geometry.

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Manifold may also refer to:

Arts and music

Manifold (comics), a fictional character in Marvel Comics publications
Manifold Records, a record label
Manifold Trilogy, by science fiction author Stephen Baxter

Engineering

Manifold (fluid mechanics), a machine element used to split or combine a gas or liquid
- Hydraulic manifold, a component used to regulate fluid flow in a hydraulic system, thus controlling the transfer of power between actuators and pumps
- Manifold (scuba), in a scuba set, connects two or more diving cylinders
- Vacuum gas manifold, a piece of apparatus used in chemistry to manipulate gases
- Exhaust manifold, an engine part which collects the exhaust gases from multiple cylinders into one pipe
- Inlet manifold or "intake manifold", an engine part which supplies the air or fuel/air mixture to the cylinders

Mathematics

Manifold, an abstract mathematical space which, in a close-up view, resembles the spaces described by Euclidean geometry.
- Manifold (magazine), a former magazine of the University of Warwick mathematical community
- Topological manifold, a topological space which is a locally Euclidean Hausdorff space
  - Almost complex manifold
  - Algebraic manifold
  - Analytic manifold
  - Calabi–Yau manifold
  - Complex manifold, a manifold over the complex numbers
  - Differentiable manifold
  - Einstein manifold
  - Flag manifold
  - Flat manifold
  - G2 manifold
  - Hermitian manifold
  - Iwasawa manifold
  - Orientable manifold

People

John Manifold (1915–1985), Australian poet and critic
Sir Walter Manifold (1849–1928), Australian grazier and politician

Places

Manifold, Pennsylvania, US
River Manifold, a river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
- Manifold Way, a footpath and cycleway following the route of a former railway

Science

Manifold (fluid mechanics), a machine element used to split or combine a gas or liquid
- various applications such as automotive exhaust manifolds: see Engineering section
Vacuum manifold, in quantum field theory

Software

Manifold System, a geographic information system software package
ManifoldCF, Apache Software Foundation open-source project for transferring content between repositories or search indexes
Manifold (prediction market), a reputation-based prediction market

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