Dictionary Definition
manual adj
1 of or relating to the hands; "manual
dexterity"
2 requiring human effort; "a manual transmission"
[ant: automatic]
3 doing or requiring physical work; "manual
labor"; "manual laborer" [syn: manual(a)]
Noun
1 a small handbook
2 (military) a prescribed drill in handling a
rifle [syn: manual of
arms]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Manual
English
Pronunciation
- GenAm /ˈmænjuəl/, /"m
Extensive Definition
Manual may mean:
- Instructions
- Instruction manual (computer and video games)
- Online help
- Unix manual - known as "man pages"
- User guide or owner's manual.
- Manual (music) - a keyboard, as for an organ
- Manual (band)
- Bike Tricks - (a manual is a special kind of wheelie)
- Freestyle skateboarding tricks - (balancing on two wheels)
- Manual transmission
- Done by hand, or not using machinery or electronics to fulfil a function
- And see the name Manuel.
manual in Czech:
Manuál
manual in German:
Manual
manual in Norwegian:
Manual
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, abecedarium, abecedary, alphabet book,
battledore, breviary, canon, casebook, choir, church book, claviature, compendium, console, cookbook, cookery book,
directions, echo, eighty-eight, enchiridion, euchologion, euchology, exercise book,
farse, field guide,
fingerboard,
formulary, gradus, grammar, great, guide, guidebook, handbook, hornbook, how-to book, instructions, ivories, keyboard, keys, lectionary, litany, machzor, manual of instruction,
missal, nature book,
ordinal, organ manual,
pedals, piano keys,
pontifical, prayer
book, primer, reader, ritual, rituale, rubric, schoolbook, service book,
siddur, solo, speller, spelling book, swell, t, text, textbook, travel book, vade
mecum, workbook