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indirection::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation |
he could see through the indirections of diplomats.
Examples of indirection
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Sometimes you'll slip in a little indirection, a shard of truth to throw me off.
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The scenes are clipped, terse, and derive much of their impact from indirection.
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Hussein is patient and given to indirection, Hassan restless, driven and blunt.
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In summary, the conceptual is a level of indirection between internal and external.
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Paradox, poignancy and indirection are his methods for thinking about them.
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It has preferred to proceed by indirection rather than by frontal attack.
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They merely offer a level of indirection between the cardholder and the payment networks.
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Each good moment seemed to trail off into confusion and indirection.
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The attitude emphasizes restraint, indirection, and suspicion of sentimentality and idealism.
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- Indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"
- Deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
- In computer programming, indirection is the ability to reference something using a name, reference, or container instead of the value itself. The most common form of indirection is the act of manipulating a value through its memory address. ...
- A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness; Use of a variable or object through its address; An indirect action or process
- Method whereby fixed virtual addresses are mapped into variable logical locations.
- In many contexts, @VBL can be used, and effectively substitutes the contents of VBL into another MUMPS statement. SET XYZ="ABC" SET @XYZ=123 sets the variable ABC to 123. SET SUBROU="REPORT" DO @SUBROU performs the subroutine named REPORT. ...
