MANUAL


Meaning of MANUAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmænjuəl ]

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or done with the hands (manual labour). 2 (of a machine etc.) worked by hand, not automatically. --n. 1 a a book of instructions, esp. for operating a machine or learning a subject; a handbook (a computer manual). b any small book. 2 an organ keyboard played with the hands not the feet. 3 Mil. an exercise in handling a rifle etc. 4 hist. a book of the forms to be used by priests in the administration of the Sacraments. ømanual alphabet sign language. øømanually adv. [ME f. OF manuel, f. (and later assim. to) L manualis f. manus hand]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.