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Webster 1913 Edition


Indirection

Inˊdi-rec′tion

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
indirection
.]
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
“By indirections find directions out.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Indirection

INDIREC'TION

,
Noun.
[in and direction.] Oblique course or means.
1.
Dishonest practice.

Definition 2024


indirection

indirection

English

Noun

indirection (plural indirections)

  1. A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness
  2. (computing) Use of a variable or object through its address
  3. An indirect action or process.