The condition of being indirect

A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness. / (programming) Use of a variable or object through its address. / An indirect action or process.

(programming, transitive) To access by means of indirection; to dereference.

Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result / Not focused straight at the target or subject, but by more subtle means / Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path

(finance) An indirect cost. / An indirect radiator

plural of indirection

(grammar) Quality of being indirective.

(grammar) Relating to a construct in some languages that indicates whether there is evidence for a given statement, without specifying the source of knowledge (i.e. whether it is from hearsay, inference, or perception).

present participle of indirect

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indirect