manual
(adjective) requiring human effort; “a manual transmission”
manual
(adjective) doing or requiring physical work; “manual labor”; “manual laborer”
manual
(adjective) of or relating to the hands; “manual dexterity”
manual
(noun) a small handbook
Source: WordNet® 3.1
manual (plural manuals)
A handbook.
A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
(military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
(Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
(medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
• enchiridion
• handbook
manual (comparative more manual, superlative most manual)
Performed with the hands (of an activity).
Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
(technology) Performed by a human rather than a machine.
• handly
• automatic
• aural, relating to the ear or the sense of hearing
• oral, relating to the mouth
• pedal, relating to the foot
manual (plural manuals)
(automotive) Abbreviation of manual transmission.
• stick shift / stick
• standard transmission / standard
• alumna
Manual
A male given name from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erroneous.
• alumna
Source: Wiktionary
Man"u*al, a. Etym: [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mĂĽndel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manur, Mound a hill.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual. "Manual and ocular examination." Tatham. Manual alphabet. See Dactylology.
– Manual exercise (Mil.) the exercise by which soldiers are taught the use of their muskets and other arms.
– Seal manual, the impression of a seal worn on the hand as a ring.
– Sign manual. See under Sign.
Man"u*al, n. Etym: [Cf. F. manuel, LL. manuale. See Manual, a.]
1. A small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church. This manual of laws, styled the Confessor's Laws. Sir M. Hale.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
3. (Mil.)
Definition: A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
