Betekenis van manual In het Nederlands

• 0 done with the hands:

  • the manual sorting of letters

  • She tried to cure the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.

  • He still works on an old manual typewriter.

  • unskilled manual labour

  • 750 manual workers will lose their jobs as a result of company cutbacks.

  • Computer-controlled robots are taking over manual jobs in many industries.

  • He was driving a manual car when he only had a licence for an automatic.

  • She has a Jeep with a 5-speed manual transmission.

  • Only 10 percent of the vehicles sold in Canada had a manual gearbox.

• 1 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something, such as a machine:

  • a DIY manual

  • The computer comes with a 600-page instruction manual.

• 2 a vehicle in which the driver has to change the gears:

  • Can you drive a manual?

• 3 a keyboard, especially on an organ, designed to be played with the hands rather than the feet

• 4 done or operated with the hands:

  • The mail can be sorted faster by machine then by manual sorting.

  • He has callouses on his hands from years of manual labor.

  • We all used manual typewriters in those days.

• 5 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something:

  • Get the computer manufacturer’s operating manual.

• 6 done or operated with the hands, and not using electricity, an electronic system, etc.:

  • The printer has a single-sheet manual feed in front.

  • manual process/system The computerized system that we introduced to replace our old manual system has brought significant advantages.

• 7 relating to physical work rather than mental work:

  • manual job/labour/work, etc. He had no qualifications and ended up doing various types of manual work.

  • It is men who have been hardest hit by the loss of permanent skilled and semi-skilled manual jobs.

  • The largely female workforce continues, in the main, to be treated as part-time, unskilled manual labour.

• 8 a book that gives you practical instructions on how to do something or how to use something such as a machine:

  • Read through the instruction manual before you start.

  • We provide a training manual for all new staff.

• 9 not being operated automatically:

  • The heating system had been left on manual.