indirect

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪndaɪˈɹɛkt/, /ˌɪndɪˈɹɛkt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌɪndəˈɹɛkt/, /ˌɪndaɪˈɹɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt === 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; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure. Synonym: circuitous Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique. (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive. Figuratively (archaic) Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt. ==== 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. An indirect radiator. === 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. === Anagrams === indicter, reindict == Dutch == === Alternative forms === indirekt (superseded) === Etymology === Borrowed from French indirect. By surface analysis, in- +‎ direct. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪn.diˈrɛkt/ Hyphenation: in‧di‧rect Rhymes: -ɛkt === Adjective === indirect (comparative indirecter, superlative indirectst) indirect ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === From in- +‎ direct. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt/ === Adjective === indirect (feminine 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French indirect, from Latin indirectus. Equivalent to in- +‎ direct. === Adjective === indirect m or n (feminine singular indirectă, masculine plural indirecți, feminine/neuter plural indirecte) indirect ==== Declension ====