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Substantiivi

1. Synonym of handbook.
2. (countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.
3. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
4. (automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
5. (military) A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
6. (metonymic) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
7. (Christianity, historical) An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
8. (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
9. (music) A keyboard on an organ.
10. A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
11. (countable) A procedure or operation that is done using the hands, or by a human rather than machine.
12. (medicine, colloquial) Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
13. A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
14. 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.
15. (uncountable) Manual control or operation.

Adjektiivi

1. (of an activity) Performed with the hands.
2. (of a machine, device etc.) Operated by means of the hands.
3. Performed by a human rather than a machine.