MANIPULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manipulation mean? 

• MANIPULATION (noun)
  The noun MANIPULATION has 2 senses:

1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

2. the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

  Familiarity information: MANIPULATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANIPULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

manipulation; use

Context example:

his manipulation of his friends was scandalous

Hypernyms ("manipulation" is a kind of...):

influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manipulation"):

mind game (deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage))

Derivation:

manipulate (maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage)

manipulate (influence or control shrewdly or deviously)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

handling; manipulation

Hypernyms ("manipulation" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manipulation"):

fielding ((baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field)

Derivation:

manipulate (treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed)

manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)

 Context examples 

The condition of having been altered by manipulation of the genome.

(Gene-modified, NCI Thesaurus)

BAC or YAC library to be used in the genetic manipulation of the animal model.

(Genomic Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

Experimental pathology; the study of disease processes by the manipulation of the natural state of an organism.

(Experimental Pathology, NCI Thesaurus)

DNA Topology Regulation involves DNA topoisomerases that catalyze essential DNA transaction processes, including DNA strand scission, manipulation, and rejoining, in order to attain a balanced topology of the genome.

(DNA Topology Regulation, NCI Thesaurus)

It might include manipulations to reposition your bones, medicine, a splint or sling, and rehabilitation.

(Dislocations, NIH)

Intervention includes both physical procedures by which data are gathered (for example, venipuncture) and manipulations of the subject or the subject's environment that are performed for research purposes.

(Human Study Subject, Food and Drug Administration)

It is concerned with the development of techniques for the collection and manipulation of data, and the use of such data.

(Informatics, NCI Thesaurus)

The ability of an organism to adapt to a changing environment through the manipulation of its phenotype, without the alteration of its genotype.

(Phenotypic plasticity, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A method utilized for the non-mechanical manipulation of nanoparticles.

(Optical Trap, NCI Thesaurus)

Systematic procedures which are utilized for the manipulation of materials at the nanoscale (i.e., less than 100 nanometers).

(Nanotechnology Techniques, NCI Thesaurus)