manual
adjective
uk/ˈmænjuəl/ usdone 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.
HR, WORKPLACE
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.
manual
noun [ C ]
uk/ˈmænjuəl/ usa 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.
on manual
not being operated automatically:
The heating system had been left on manual.
See also
operations manual
service manual