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Definition of Indirect

1. Adjective. Having intervening factors or persons or influences. "An indirect cause"

2. Adjective. Not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination. "You must take an indirect course in sailing"

3. Adjective. Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines. "An indirect descendant of the Stuarts"

4. Adjective. Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action. "Known as a shady indirect fellow"

5. Adjective. Not as a direct effect or consequence. "An indirect advantage"

Definition of Indirect

1. a. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

Definition of Indirect

1. Adjective. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indirect

1. not direct [adj]

Medical Definition of Indirect

1. 1. Not immediate or straight. 2. Acting through an intermediary agent. Origin: L. Indirectus This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indirect

indigometry indigos indigotic indigotin indigotins indigouria indigrubin indihumin indilatory indiligence

indiligent indiminishable indin indinavir indinavirs indirect (current term) indirect-object indirect Coombs' test indirect agglutination indirect antonym

indirect bilirubin indirect correlation indirect discourse indirect diuretic indirect evidence indirect expression indirect fire indirect fluorescent antibody indirect fracture

Literary usage of Indirect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1903)
"The Subjunctive standing for hortatory forms of speech in indirect Discourse is ... An indirect Quotation adapts the words of the speaker or writer to the ..."

2. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"Sometimes, however, the simple indicative is used also here if the context renders it clear that the clause is an indirect command: Ich sag's dir, ..."

3. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"Direct and indirect Moods — principle of. — That the two terms should hold the same relation to each other in the conclusion that they generally bold to the ..."

4. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Animal behavior direct and perceptual, human behavior indirect and ideational. The significance of the evolution of the association areas can be seen by ..."

5. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"This chapter , focuses on three indirect methods of proof: net worth analysis ... That is why the three methods are called "indirect methods of proof," for, ..."

6. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Taxes which, on the other hand, are expected to be shifted to others are called indirect taxes. As we have seen, the so-called direct taxes are shifted not ..."

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