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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muh-nip-yuh-ley-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˌnɪp yəˈleɪ ʃən |
Définition of manipulation
Origin :- c.1730, a method of digging ore, from French manipulation, from manipule "handful" (a pharmacists' measure), from Latin manipulus "handful, sheaf, bundle," from manus "hand" (see manual) + root of plere "to fill" (see pleio-). Sense of "skillful handling of objects" is first recorded 1826; extended 1828 to "handling of persons" as well as objects.
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- I anticipate no difficulty, though it requires some thought in manipulation.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- Directions for the manipulation of the apparatus are given by the manufacturers.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The girl did not answer, but busied herself with the manipulation of her machine.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
- His own manipulation of the wheel was nothing short of wizardry.
- Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
- You're more used to those determinations and that type of manipulation than we are.
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- But to attack the beam from Mars, a manipulation of Wandl was necessary.
- Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
- After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened hands.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- What was more easy than to effect the change by the manipulation of their food?
- Extract from : « Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 » by James Kennedy
- There had been observed something peculiar in his mode of manipulation.
- Extract from : « The Ocean Waifs » by Mayne Reid
- Superficially, everything is manipulation, chance, accident.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
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