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manipulation
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous" [syn: use ] the action of touching with the hands or the skillful use of the hands [syn: handling ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Manipulation is a Polish metal band formed on September 11, 2001. They played their first concert in 2003. They started playing together when they were young: 15, 16 and 17 years. They played at many concerts and festivals.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manipulation \Ma*nip`u*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. manipulation.] The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. Manipulation is to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The practice of manipulate or the state of being manipulated. 2 The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic. 3 The management of some situation, especially for one’s own advantage. 4 The usage of psychological influence over a person ...
Usage examples of manipulation.
That kind of manipulation is why mechanical amplification is strictly licensed to reputable and reliable technicians.
The mental ability to organize, arrange and acquire things overbalances, leading us into greed, miserliness, and manipulation of other people in order to acquire more than we need and to achieve our own selfish ends.
The manipulation of monopolar machines was a skill one picked up early in life or never entirely mastered.
That material then could undergo manipulation, after which the cellular matter, the protoplast, was placed in a culture medium and allowed to regenerate its cell wall.
I am Pia Toyanna, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Psychology, of Radionic Healing and Psionic Manipulation.
And time and again she had felt it harden under her manipulations, until once more he had begun reaming her with unrestrained energy.
In addition, this approach to revising sanctions overlooks the considerable political influence Baghdad now wields as a result of its deliberate manipulation of oil-for-food contracts and smuggling to reward its advocates.
When the hernia has become strangulated and cannot be returned by manipulation, a surgical operation is necessary.
Rankans and give the Ilsigs hope, but more than rumors and manipulation of theomachy by even the finest witch would be needed to make Tempus fold his hand or bow his head.
After a long journey you are thoroughly disposed to appreciate these scientific tonsors, whose delicacy of manipulation is unequaled in Europe.
He gave the impression of residing permanently in a special paradise of transcendental and transfinite numbers and of the hieroglyphs of symbolic logic, for whose manipulations he had a nationally recognized fame among mathematicians.
They were all concentrating on the manipulation of the turncock that obviously regulated the flow of the powdered ore through the pipes.
But to the mathematical mind a thing more miraculous is the awe with which the unmathematical regard the simplest manipulation of figures.
When halfway down, either through a freak of fortune or some wonderfully clever manipulation on the part of the pilot, the machine righted, and he was enabled to volplane to safety, though considerably bruised and cut up through hasty landing.
They were primitive and superstitious in their daily life, almost animalistic in their thinking, but brilliant in the manipulation of magic.