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indirect

adj
/ˌɪn.daɪˈɹɛkt/UK/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛkt/CA/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹekt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from indirectus
  2. derived from indirect

Definitions

  1. Not direct

    • While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.
    • Se asked him some indirect questions to ascertain whether he was single.

  2. Figuratively

  3. An indirect cost.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An indirect radiator.

    2. To access by means of indirection

      To access by means of indirection; to dereference.

      • The X operations access the data fields by indirecting through the _rep pointer.
      • These correspond to an indirected parallel write and an indirected parallel read operation respectively.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at indirect. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at indirect. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at indirect

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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