Definitions
1.AdjectiveNot direct:
Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result."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.; 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.; In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination."
2.AdjectiveNot of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result."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."
3.AdjectiveNot focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
4.AdjectiveNot involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique."In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination."
5.AdjectiveEmploying argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
6.AdjectiveFiguratively
Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.
7.AdjectiveNot straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.
8.NounAn indirect cost.
9.NounAn indirect radiator.
10.VerbTo access by means of indirection; to dereference.