manual
IPA: mˈænjuʌɫ
noun
- 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.
adjective
- (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
- (of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
- Performed by a human rather than a machine.
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Examples of "manual" in Sentences
- The manual list tends to languish.
- The statement in the manual is correct.
- Also, the technical manual is irrefutable.
- The removal of manual sizing was reverted.
- The vow is explained in the church manual.
- The definitions are in the diagnostic manuals.
- The manual safety was in front of the trigger.
- The latch is manually releasable by the passenger.
- Our spoiled kids whine and snivel about manual labor.
- 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.
- Armstrong strove to instill in these disciples the moral value of manual labor.
- 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.