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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