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      manual
      noun
      Synonym of handbook.
      A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
      (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
      (music) A keyboard on an organ.
      (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.
      (metonymically) 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.
      (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
      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.
      Roots
      manusman- · Latin · hand
      Synonyms for manual
      handbooknenchiridionnguidebookninstructionsntextbooknguidenworkbookngraduscookbookncompendiumnschoolbooknhornbooknprimern
      Words related to manual
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