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

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 fluid
  • 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

  • Albert Manifold (born 1962), Irish businessman
  • James Chester Manifold (1867–1918), Australian politician and philanthropist
  • John Manifold (1915–1985), Australian poet and critic
  • Peter Manifold (1817–1885), English pastoralist and politician in Australia
  • Thomas Manifold (1809–1875), Australian politician
  • Thomas Chester Manifold (1897–1979), Australian horserace owner and politician
  • Walter Manifold (1849–1928), Australian grazier and politician

Places

  • Manifold, Pennsylvania, US
  • Cape Manifold, headland in Queensland, Australia
  • 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