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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up indirect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indirect, the opposite of direct, may refer to: Indirect approach, a battle strategy Indirect DNA damage
Indirect
Type of election
An indirect election or hierarchical voting, is an election in which voters do not choose directly among candidates or parties for an office, but elect
Indirect_election
Costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object
Indirect costs are costs that are not directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function or product). Like direct
Indirect_costs
Computers accessing information referentially
In computer science, an indirection is a way of referring to something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. [clarification
Indirection
Engine fuel delivery method
Indirect injection in an internal combustion engine is fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber. Gasoline engines
Indirect_injection
Weapons firing without line of sight on target
Indirect fire is shooting a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, in contrast to the case of direct fire
Indirect_fire
In pharmacology, an indirect agonist or indirect-acting agonist is a substance that enhances the release or action of an endogenous neurotransmitter but
Indirect_agonist
Military strategy
The Indirect approach is a military strategy described and chronicled by B. H. Liddell Hart after World War I. It was an attempt to find a solution to
Indirect_approach
Control flow integrity technology
Indirect branch tracking (IBT), also known as branch target identification (BTI), is a control flow integrity mechanism implemented on some Intel x86-64
Indirect_branch_tracking
Style of narration
is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or, in French, discours indirect libre. Free indirect speech has been described as
Free_indirect_speech
Indirect effect is a principle of the European Union (EU) law, whereby national courts of the member states of the EU are required to interpret national
Indirect_effect
Method for estimating the parameters of economic models
Indirect inference is a simulation-based method for estimating the parameters of economic models. It is a computational method for determining acceptable
Indirect_inference
Translation of a translation
Indirect translation is a translation of a translation. It may be based on a translated version, or multiple translated versions, of the original or ultimate
Indirect_translation
Type of tax
An indirect tax (such as a sales tax, per unit tax, value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, consumption tax, or tariff) is a tax that is levied upon goods and
Indirect_tax
System of governance used by colonial powers
Indirect rule was a system of governance used by imperial powers to control parts of their empires. This was particularly used by colonial empires like
Indirect_rule
Type of attack in machine learning
authored by the user. LLMs with web browsing capabilities can be targeted by indirect prompt injection, where adversarial prompts are embedded within website
Prompt_injection
Protrusion of abdominal contents through the inguinal canal in the pelvis
consequences. The timing of complications is not predictable. In males, indirect hernias follow the same route as the descending testes, which migrate from
Inguinal_hernia
Measurement of the heat of living organisms through indirect means
Indirect calorimetry calculates heat that living organisms produce by measuring either their production of carbon dioxide and nitrogen waste (frequently
Indirect_calorimetry
Speech expressing things other people have said without quoting
In linguistics, speech or indirect discourse is a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it. For
Indirect_speech
Type of program control instruction
An indirect branch (also known as a computed jump, indirect jump and register-indirect jump) is a type of program control instruction present in some
Indirect_branch
Types of energy range in a solid where no electron states can exist
of a semiconductor can be of two basic types, a direct band gap or an indirect band gap. The minimal-energy state in the conduction band and the maximal-energy
Direct_and_indirect_band_gaps
Indirect liability refers to legal liability imposed on an entity which is facilitating an infringement of another's rights, particularly of intellectual
Indirect_liability
Latin Speech
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech, indirect discourse (US), or ōrātiō oblīqua (/əˈreɪʃɪoʊ əˈblaɪkwə/ or /oʊˈrɑːtɪoʊ ɒˈbliːkwə/), is the practice
Latin_indirect_speech
Law enforcement agency
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Central_Board_of_Indirect_Taxes_and_Customs
Indirect procurement is the sourcing of goods and services not related to manufacturing for a business to enable it to maintain and develop its operations
Indirect_procurement
Catholic term for medical procedure that results in abortion as a secondary effect
Indirect abortion is the name given by Catholic theologians to a medical procedure which has a beneficial medical effect and also results in an abortion
Indirect_abortion
Feature of internal combustion engines
called indirect injection. There exist several slightly different indirect injection systems that have similar characteristics. Types of indirect injection
Fuel_injection
The Institute of Indirect Taxation (IIT) was a distinct professional body in the United Kingdom prior to its merger with the Chartered Institute of Taxation
Institute of Indirect Taxation
Institute_of_Indirect_Taxation
Method of restarting play in association football
either direct or indirect, distinguished as follows: An attacking goal may be scored directly from a direct free kick, but not from an indirect free kick. Direct
Free kick (association football)
Free_kick_(association_football)
Topics referred to by the same term
Indirective may refer to: Indirective language, a language lacking evidentiality Indirective language, a type of ditransitive alignment This disambiguation
Indirective
Neuronal circuit that suppresses unwanted movements
The indirect pathway, sometimes known as the indirect pathway of movement, is a neuronal circuit through the basal ganglia and several associated nuclei
Indirect_pathway
Aspect of the instruction set architecture of CPUs
memory-indirect addressing could itself have an indirect flag set to indicate another memory indirect cycle. This flag is referred to as an indirection bit
Addressing_mode
Instruction for x86 microprocessors
Kernel Mailing List archive. Retrieved 20 July 2024. "AMD64 Technology Indirect Branch Control Extension" (PDF) (White paper). Revision 4.10.18. Advanced
CPUID
Means by which a person dies by suicide
like drugs. Indirect suicide is the act of setting out on an obviously fatal course without directly carrying out the act upon oneself. Indirect suicide is
Suicide_methods
Economic function
In economics, a consumer's indirect utility function v ( p , w ) {\displaystyle v(p,w)} gives the consumer's maximal attainable utility when faced with
Indirect_utility_function
Indirect finance is where borrowers borrow funds from the financial market through indirect means, such as through a financial intermediary. This is different
Indirect_finance
Grammatical concept
its objects, which can include but are not limited to direct objects, indirect objects, and arguments of adpositions (prepositions or postpositions);
Object_(grammar)
Culinary technique
Indirect grilling is a barbecue cooking technique in which the food is placed to the side of or above the heat source instead of directly over the flame
Indirect_grilling
product or service. An indirect job is a job that exists to produce the goods and services needed by the workers with direct jobs. Indirect employment includes
Direct, indirect, and induced employment
Direct,_indirect,_and_induced_employment
Argument that leads to a logical absurdity
proved. In this general sense, proof by contradiction is also known as indirect proof, proof by assuming the opposite, and reductio ad impossibile. G.
Reductio_ad_absurdum
Version of the single transferable vote system
Indirect single transferable voting or Gove system is a version of single transferable vote (STV), where the vote transfer is determined by the candidate's
Indirect single transferable voting
Indirect_single_transferable_voting
Linguistic notion of claims' support
mediative, médiatif, médiaphorique, and indirective used instead of evidential. Evidentiality may be direct or indirect: direct evidentials are used to describe
Evidentiality
Blood test used in immunohematology
The direct and indirect Coombs tests, also known as antiglobulin test (AGT), are blood tests used in immunohematology. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies
Coombs_test
Laboratory technique to detect viruses
Indirect immunoperoxidase assay (IPA) is a laboratory technique used to detect and titrate viruses that do not cause measurable cytopathic effects and
Indirect immunoperoxidase assay
Indirect_immunoperoxidase_assay
Debate in the philosophy of mind
perception and philosophy of mind, direct (or naïve) realism, as opposed to indirect (or representational) realism, are differing models that describe the nature
Direct_and_indirect_realism
Repetition of one expression as part of another one
between indirect speech and free indirect speech is mostly one of style, hence free indirect speech is sometimes described as a free indirect style. A
Quotation
cannot be traced directly to a product. It generally applies to indirect labor and indirect cost. Overhead also includes all costs involved in manufacturing
Factory_overhead
Indian government officer
Chairperson, Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs or Chairperson, CBIC is the senior most IRS (C&IT) officer in the Government of India. The Chairperson
Chairperson of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Chairperson_of_the_Central_Board_of_Indirect_Taxes_and_Customs
Device that cools air through the evaporation of water
alternative to compressor-based cooling. In climates not considered arid, indirect evaporative cooling can still take advantage of the evaporative cooling
Evaporative_cooler
Blood relative in the direct line of descent
blood they have. The antonym of descendant is antecedent. A collateral or indirect descendant is a term for a relative descended from a person's sibling or
Lineal_descendant
Senatorial election in France in September 2026
September 27, 2026. 178 members of the French Senate will be elected in indirect elections. The 2023 Senate election saw a weakened majority of the right-wing
2026_French_Senate_election
Red pigment of the bile
unconjugated (despite being bound by albumin). In the liver, unconjugated (indirect) bilirubin is up-taken by the hepatocytes and subsequently conjugated with
Bilirubin
Natural light during the daytime
Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and (often) both
Daylight
Theory of damage from ultraviolet light
Indirect DNA damage occurs when a UV-photon is absorbed in the human skin by a chromophore that does not have the ability to convert the energy into harmless
Indirect_DNA_damage
Substance that mimics effects of catecholamines
α-adrenergic agonists, β-adrenergic agonists, and dopaminergic agonists; or indirect-acting (interaction not between drug and receptor), such as MAOIs, COMT
Sympathomimetic_drug
System of securities clearance, settlement and ownership system
The indirect holding system (also multi-tiered holding system) is a system of securities clearance, settlement and ownership system where ownership information
Indirect_holding_system
Football match
It was played on 16 May 2026. The winners, Gamba Osaka, were given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite since
2026 AFC Champions League Two final
2026_AFC_Champions_League_Two_final
Goods produced in one country that are sold to another country
An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national
Export
Passing of a pathogen from one organism to another
physical contact – touching an infected individual, including sexual contact indirect physical contact – usually by touching a contaminated surface, including
Pathogen_transmission
Bosnian government agency
The Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITA BiH) (Bosnian/Croatian: Uprava za indirektno oporezivanje Bosne i Hercegovine, UIO BiH,
Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Indirect_Taxation_Authority_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
Central Civil Service under Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
The Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) is a part of central civil service of the government of India. It is a part of the Indian Revenue
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes)
Indian_Revenue_Service_(Customs_and_Indirect_Taxes)
Type of democracy principled on elected representation
Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy or electoral democracy, is a type of democracy where elected delegates represent a group of
Representative_democracy
Social interaction aiming at inflicting harm or unpleasantness
perceived disrespect. Human aggression can be classified into direct and indirect aggression; while the former is characterized by physical or verbal behavior
Aggression
The Asboe-Hansen sign (also known as "indirect Nikolsky sign'" or "Nikolsky II sign") refers to the extension of a large blister to adjacent unblistered
Asboe-Hansen_sign
Treatments to restore function, integrity, and morphology of teeth
shaped directly inside a cleaned cavity in a single dental visit, and indirect restorations (such as inlays or onlays), which are fabricated outside the
Dental_restoration
Device that controls current between electrodes
audio power, high-power radio transmitting) by cathode/filament type (indirectly heated, directly heated) and warm-up time (including "bright-emitter"
Vacuum_tube
Personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object
pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object: the direct or indirect object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. Object pronouns contrast
Object_pronoun
Part of an eye examination
produces an upright (unreversed) image of approximately 15× magnification indirect ophthalmoscopy, which produces an inverted (reversed) image of 2–5× magnification
Ophthalmoscopy
Type of constituency at the Macau legislative assembly
Some members in the Legislative Assembly of Macau are elected through indirect election (Portuguese: Sufrágio Indirecto; Chinese: 間接選舉), where only professional
Indirectly_elected_member
Philosophical view that people elect their own beliefs
distinguish two types of doxastic voluntarism: direct doxastic voluntarism and indirect doxastic voluntarism. Direct doxastic voluntarism being that the person
Doxastic_voluntarism
Technique used for light microscopy
more sensitive than DIF when compared to Secondary (Indirect) Immunofluorescence. Secondary (indirect) immunofluorescence (SIF) is similar to direct immunofluorescence
Immunofluorescence
Group of rendering algorithms used in 3D computer graphics
Global illumination (GI), or indirect illumination, refers to a group of algorithms used in 3D computer graphics meant to add more realistic lighting to
Global_illumination
Civil service training institute in Palasamudram, India
The National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) formerly known as National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) is the
National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics
National_Academy_of_Customs_Indirect_Taxes_and_Narcotics
Sexual activity involving the anus and rectum
orgasm may be achieved through anal penetration – by indirect stimulation of the prostate in men, indirect stimulation of the clitoris or an area in the vagina
Anal_sex
Measures taken to regulate the movement of goods and people across borders
including tens of thousands of border deaths. According to one estimate, the indirect economic cost of border controls is many trillions of dollars, and the
Border_control
Background information within a narrative
of surface information and allows the readers to discover as they go. Indirect exposition, sometimes called incluing, is a technique of worldbuilding
Exposition_(narrative)
The president of the French Republic was elected on an indirect basis during the Third Republic and Fourth Republic, as well as at the start of the Fifth
List of indirect presidential elections in France
List_of_indirect_presidential_elections_in_France
Variable in aiming a weapon
In field artillery, the accuracy of indirect fire depends on the use of aiming points. In air force terminology the aiming point (or A.P.) refers to holding
Aiming_point
Cooking method and apparatus
categorized into those methods which use direct and those which use indirect heating. Indirect barbecues are associated with US cuisine, in which meat is heated
Barbecue
Hierarchy/layout for directing inodes in a Unix File System
blocks; 1 singly indirect pointer (pointing to a block of direct pointers) 1 doubly indirect pointer (pointing to a block of single indirect pointers) 1 triply
Inode_pointer_structure
Representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works of art
methods like the attribution of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect (or "dramatic") methods inviting readers to infer qualities from characters'
Characterization
Sentence, idea or formula that refers to itself
and can also be considered recursive. Indirect self-reference describes an object referring to itself indirectly. For example, "this sentence is false
Self-reference
Utterance that serves a performative function
on the discourse itself, and has analysed performative utterances and indirect speech acts, in which one kind of act is performed by way of another. As
Speech_act
Indian taxation agency
that is primarily responsible for collecting and administering direct and indirect taxes. As a central civil service under Group A of the executive branch
Indian_Revenue_Service
Type of coupling used in NMR spectroscopy
spin-spin coupling or indirect dipole–dipole coupling) are mediated through chemical bonds connecting two spins. It is an indirect interaction between two
J-coupling
ignition system & management common-rail multi-point electronic sequential indirect fuel injection (MPI) with three intake-manifold–sited fuel injectors; three
List of discontinued Volkswagen Group petrol engines
List_of_discontinued_Volkswagen_Group_petrol_engines
Law enforcement agency
Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963. The counterpart for indirect taxes is the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). CBDT is currently headed
Central_Board_of_Direct_Taxes
Object which stores memory addresses in a computer program
level of indirection: A pointer's value determines which memory address (that is, which datum) is to be used in a calculation. Because indirection is a fundamental
Pointer (computer programming)
Pointer_(computer_programming)
Diesel engine
inline-six cylinder (R6/I6) double overhead camshaft (DOHC) diesel engine with indirect injection manufactured by Mercedes-Benz between 1993 and 2001. It replaced
Mercedes-Benz_OM606_engine
Abnormal exit of tissues or organs from the cavity they usually reside in
cases where a direct and indirect hernia appear together. A pantaloon hernia (or saddlebag hernia) is a combined direct and indirect hernia when the hernial
Hernia
Group of subcortical nuclei involved in the motor and reward systems
dorsal striatum giving rise to an inhibitory indirect and excitatory direct pathway. The inhibitory indirect pathway involved the inhibition of the globus
Basal_ganglia
Impact of human life on Earth and environment
to ecosystems, biodiversity, and natural resources caused directly or indirectly by humans. Modifying the environment to fit the needs of society (as in
Human impact on the environment
Human_impact_on_the_environment
United States Army missile launching system
Research, Development, and Engineering Center. The MML has its roots in the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) Increment 2-Intercept program which also
Multi-Mission_Launcher
Connection between brain and spinal cord
whereas the extrapyramidal system centers on the modulation and regulation (indirect control) of anterior (ventral) horn cells. The extrapyramidal tracts are
Extrapyramidal_system
Type of internal and continuous combustion engine
are usually indicated as EFGT (externally-fired gas turbine) or IFGT (indirectly-fired gas turbine). External combustion has been used for the purpose
Gas-turbine_engine
Buying and selling real estate for profit
worsening affordability and security in the private rental market, and indirectly by influencing state policy. Some real estate investors have advocated
Real_estate_investing
Isometry group of Euclidean space
any figure (subset) of that space. A Euclidean isometry can be direct or indirect, depending on whether it preserves the handedness of figures. The direct
Euclidean_group
Biography
serves as a Principal Commissioner of Customs and Indirect Taxes under the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance, India
Prabhat_Kumar_(civil_servant)
Long-ranged guns for land warfare
utilized by one or more of the artillery arms. The widespread adoption of indirect fire in the early 20th century introduced the need for specialist data
Artillery
on 24 July 2014 to elect the President of Iraq for a four-year term via indirect suffrage by the Council of Representatives. The result was a win for Fuad
2014 Iraqi presidential election
2014_Iraqi_presidential_election
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beyond observaction, Mysterious, Unseen, Indirect
Boy/Male
Tamil
Beyond observaction, Mysterious, Unseen, Indirect
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a diminutive of Fink.German : indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, from a derivative of finken ‘to make sparks’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Yiddish finkl ‘sparkle’.English : variant spelling of Finkle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, possibly for a small person, from Middle English pink, penk ‘minnow’ (Old English pinc).English (southeastern) : variant of Pinch.Variant spelling of German Pinck, an indirect occupational name for a blacksmith, an onomatopoeic word imitating the sound of hammering which was perceived as pink(e)pank.German (of Slavic origin) : from a diminutive of Sorbian pien ‘log’, ‘tree stump’, hence probably a nickname for a solid or stubby person.
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
Boy/Male
English
name Letitia. 'Joyful;happy.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bright and luminous
Girl/Female
French, German
Spear Ruler
Boy/Male
Indian
Admiring
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the eastern part of a town or settlement, or outside it to the east, or a regional name for someone who had migrated from the east of a place. As an American family name, this surname has absorbed various other European names with similar meaning.
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Viatrix, BEATRIZ means "voyager (through life)."
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Name from Ancient Epics
Boy/Male
Muslim
Faith, Belief, Faith in Allah
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Royalty; Loving; Goddess
Girl/Female
Norse
Feminine form of Eric: Forever strong.
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
INDIRECT
prep.
In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor.
n.
A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
n.
To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.
a.
Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
a.
Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
a.
Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance.
a.
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
a.
Indirect.
prep.
As sign of the infinitive, to had originally the use of last defined, governing the infinitive as a verbal noun, and connecting it as indirect object with a preceding verb or adjective; thus, ready to go, i.e., ready unto going; good to eat, i.e., good for eating; I do my utmost to lead my life pleasantly. But it has come to be the almost constant prefix to the infinitive, even in situations where it has no prepositional meaning, as where the infinitive is direct object or subject; thus, I love to learn, i.e., I love learning; to die for one's country is noble, i.e., the dying for one's country. Where the infinitive denotes the design or purpose, good usage formerly allowed the prefixing of for to the to; as, what went ye out for see? (Matt. xi. 8).
n.
The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons.
adv.
Indirectly.
a.
Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
a.
Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
n.
Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.
n.
A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
n.
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
v. t.
To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
v. i.
To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.