indirect

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having intervening factors or persons or influences

   reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light

2. 2
   adj

   not as a direct effect or consequence

   indirect benefits

3. 3
   adj

   Not direct

   While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.

4. 4
   adj

   Not direct:

   The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.

5. 5
   noun

   An indirect cost.

   In the case of a piece of equipment such as a pump, the supplier's costs may be broken down into the directs of labour, material, and component costs on the one hand, and the indirects of customized engineering, sales, factory overheads, and order management costs on the other.

6. 6
   noun

   An indirect radiator.

   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.

7. 7
   verb

   To access by means of indirection; to dereference.

   The X operations access the data fields by indirecting through the _rep pointer.

8. 8
   adj

   not direct in spatial dimension

Etymology

From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”).