Manifold (disambiguation)

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

 * 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
 * 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