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indirect
English
Etymology
From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nda????kt/, /??nd????kt/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /??nd????kt/, /??nda????kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
indirect (comparative more indirect, superlative most indirect)
- Not direct
- Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result
- Not focused straight at the target or subject, but by more subtle means
- Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path
- Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result
Antonyms
- direct
Derived terms
Related terms
- indirection
Translations
Noun
indirect (plural indirects)
- (finance) An indirect cost.
- 2010, Anna M. Gil-Lafuente and José M. Merigó (editos), Computational Intelligence in Business and Economics
- Gradually analytical thinking was taking a greater awareness of the importance it took for all the investigation system of the possible identification or traceability of fixed costs and, in general, of the indirects of other times.
- 2010, Anna M. Gil-Lafuente and José M. Merigó (editos), Computational Intelligence in Business and Economics
- An indirect radiator
- 1902, William S. Monroe, Steam Heating and Ventilation Chapter 4
- Indirect radiators are seldom installed except for rooms on the first or second floors; and in the former case the duct, D, is very short, and in the latter it is usually from 12 to 16 feet long. It should be stated in this connection that indirects of large size should be spread out as much as possible so as to give a large area against the current of air.
- 1902, William S. Monroe, Steam Heating and Ventilation Chapter 4
Verb
indirect (third-person singular simple present indirects, present participle indirecting, simple past and past participle indirected)
- (programming, transitive) To access by means of indirection; to dereference.
- 1997, Cay S. Horstmann, Practical Object-Oriented Development in C++ and Java (page 385)
- The X operations access the data fields by indirecting through the _rep pointer.
- 2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, Dimitris K. Maretis, The Dawn of Massively Parallel Processing in Meteorology
- These correspond to an indirected parallel write and an indirected parallel read operation respectively.
- 1997, Cay S. Horstmann, Practical Object-Oriented Development in C++ and Java (page 385)
Anagrams
- indicter, reindict
French
Etymology
From in- +? direct.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.??kt/
Adjective
indirect (feminine singular indirecte, masculine plural indirects, feminine plural indirectes)
- indirect
Derived terms
- discours indirect
- mesure indirecte
- objet indirect
Further reading
- “indirect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French indirect, from Latin indirectus.
Adjective
indirect m or n (feminine singular indirect?, masculine plural indirec?i, feminine and neuter plural indirecte)
- indirect
Declension
indirect From the web:
- what indirect characterization
- what indirect object
- what indirect mean
- what indirectly removes carbon from the atmosphere
- what indirect sunlight means
- what indirect rule
- what indirect characterization means
- what indirect democracy
indistinct
English
Etymology
From Middle French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /??nd?s?t??kt/
Adjective
indistinct (comparative more indistinct, superlative most indistinct)
- (of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
- Synonyms: fuzzy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
- (of a thought, idea etc) hazy or vague
- Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:vague
- (of speech) difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred
Antonyms
- distinct
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin indist?nctus.
Adjective
indistinct (feminine singular indistincte, masculine plural indistincts, feminine plural indistinctes)
- not distinct; not easily distinguishable
Further reading
- “indistinct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus.
Adjective
indistinct m or n (feminine singular indistinct?, masculine plural indistinc?i, feminine and neuter plural indistincte)
- indistinct
Declension
indistinct From the web:
- indistinct meaning
- indistinctly what does it mean
- what is indistinct discrimination
- what does indistinct margins mean
- what is indistinct philtrum
- what does indistinct mean
- what causes indistinct philtrum
- what does indistinct
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