indirect
— Adjective
– English
～ not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage"
indirect
— Adjective
– English
～ extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"
indirect
— Adjective
– English
～ having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause"
indirect immunofluorescence
— Noun
– English
～ a method of using fluorescence microscopy to detect the presence of an antigen indirectly
indirect discourse
— Noun
– English
～ a report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'" would be modified to "he said he is a fool")
indirect expression
— Noun
– English
～ an indirect way of expressing something
indirect evidence
— Noun
– English
～ evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute
indirect fire
— Noun
– English
～ fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
indirect antonym
— Noun
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～ antonyms whose opposition is mediated (e.g., the antonymy of `wet' and `parched' is mediated by the similarity of `parched' to `dry')
indirect correlation
— Noun
– English
～ a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with small values of the other; the correlation coefficient is between 0 and -1
indirection
— Noun
– English
～ deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
indirection
— Noun
– English
～ indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"
indirectly
— Adverb
– English
～ not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
indirectness
— Noun
– English
～ having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
indiscernible
— Adjective
– English
～ barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
indiscernible
— Adjective
– English
～ difficult or impossible to perceive or discern; "an indiscernible increase in temperature"
indiscipline
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of lacking discipline
indiscreet
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"
indiscreetly
— Adverb
– English
～ without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint; "she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health"