Manipulation Definition

mə-nĭpyə-lāshən
manipulations
noun
manipulations
A manipulating or being manipulated; skillful handling or operation, artful management or control, etc.
Webster's New World
The act or practice of manipulating.
American Heritage Medicine
The state of being manipulated.
American Heritage Medicine
Shrewd or devious management, especially for one's own advantage.
American Heritage Medicine

The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.

After a few minutes of manipulation each week, she obtained days of relief from her neck pain.
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Noun

Singular:
manipulation
Plural:
manipulations

Origin of Manipulation

  • French from Spanish manipulación manipulation (originally of implements and substances in alchemical procedures) from Latin manipulus sheaf, handful maniple

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French manipule (from Latin manipulus) + -ation.

    From Wiktionary

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