manual

IPA: mˈænjuʌɫ

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.
(countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
(automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
(by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
(countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
(medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
(uncountable) Manual control or operation.
A male given name from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erroneous.

Examples of "manual" in Sentences

Stuff that comes with an instruction manual is the best.
Six-speed manual is standard; six-speed automatic is optional.
In the meantime the TSA screening manual is on line and nobody ges supoeaned.
I can see why the captain manual advises against trivial conversation or gossiping about neighbors.
OKWU: Blix and members of the Security Council very concerned about providing what they call a manual for weapons of mass destruction.
You could use the lessons — I thought, but really there is nothing to say to that person, not without a phonetic manual from the Real Academia in Madrid.
This is what we call a manual simulation, where we use a raw probability to calculate the outcome, and for all but the simplest problems, isn't very sophisticated.
If a manual is too dry people fall asleep, no one likes it, and that can even cause humans to dismiss a new methodology or have proper buy-in to see that it works.
It's interesting that the AG's office isn't claiming that the manual is confidential or privileged, but is claiming that it's protected by copyright and can't be disseminated without payment of money.