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indirection Definition

in·di·rec·tion (in′də rek′s̸hən; occas., -dī-)

noun

  1. roundabout act, procedure, or means
  2. deceit; dishonesty
  3. lack of direction or purpose

Etymology: < indirect, by analogy with direction

indirection Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: The name of this file may be specified using indirection through an ASCII file.
  • supply: CRID rationale The justification for the indirection supplied by the CRID is threefold.
  • give: A unary and binary ( dyadic ) operator giving 8 bit indirection.
  • have: Indirection Each system that we have built has had more indirection than its predecessors.

Preposition: through

  • file.: The name of this file may be specified using indirection through a file. [ !

Adjective modifier

  • double: We simply -- resolve the double indirection and thats it.
  • variable: If the first character of parameter is an exclamation point, a level of variable indirection is introduced.

Modifies a noun

  • operator: We then use the indirection operator, * to modify ` the memory pointed to by p ' .
  • file: Comments in the indirection file begin with the character " # " .

Noun used with modifier

  • byte: The value of these elements should be read with the byte indirection operator ' ?
  • pointer: Also, the amount of pointer indirection is taken into account when determining similarity.
  • word: Word indirection { pling } This character provides word indirection.
indirection Quotes

People out of work are not given to talking much about the one thing on their minds.You only sense by indirection, degrees of anger, shades of humiliation and echoes of fear.

—Evans,Walker