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Indirection is an English word with synonyms like procedure or process. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Indirection in a sentence

Indirection meaning

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

Synonyms of Indirection

procedure process deception deceit dissembling dissimulation

Related words

Other words often associated with Indirection or its synonyms:

falsification misrepresentation operation falsehood activity untruth falsity dishonesty outgrowth magic feigning function

Using Indirection

  • The main meaning on this page is: An indirect action or process. | A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness. | Use of a variable or object through its address.
  • Useful related words include: procedure, process, deception, deceit.
  • In the example corpus, indirection often appears in combinations such as: of indirection, the indirection.

Context around Indirection

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

excessive 1× extra 1× byte 1×

Often after:

except 1× early 1× required 1× operator 1×

Sentence patterns with Indirection

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but the indirection also typically 1× cycle of indirection 1× infix byte indirection operator denoted 1× layer of indirection except having 1× layers of indirection 1× level of indirection between internal 1× level of indirection to many 1× levels of indirection 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a quote usually 1× addressing modes the 1× his dirges and 1× however unlike the 1× i was perhaps 1× it also avoids 1×

Common sentence endings:

by the character 1× cycle of indirection 1× in the industry 1× internal and external 1× layers of indirection 1× levels of indirection 1×

Words around Indirection

Just before it in the word index:

indirect 802 indirapuram 2 indiranagar 5 indira 169 indios 7 indio 33

Just after it in the word index:

indirectly 613 indiscernible 9 indiscernibles 4 indiscipline 49 indisciplined 2 indiscreet 15

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Indirection

  • In this selection, "indirection" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, excessive, extra, byte, except, early and required stand out and add context to how "indirection" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but the indirection also typically and cycle of indirection. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "indirection" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with indirection

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

This may result in multiple levels of indirection. (8 words)

The conceptual view provides a level of indirection between internal and external. (12 words)

It also avoids the extra indirection required to access the first entry of each bucket (that is, usually the only one). (21 words)

Longer example sentences

A quote usually attributed either to David Wheeler or Butler Lampson reads: "There is no problem in computer science that cannot be solved by adding another layer of indirection, except having too many layers of indirection". (36 words)

Addressing modes The new addressing modes added scaled indexing and another level of indirection to many of the pre-existing modes, and added quite a bit of flexibility to various indexing modes and operations. (34 words)

Thus, indirect code is often more compact than direct-threaded code, but the indirection also typically makes it slower, though still usually faster than bytecode interpreters. (26 words)

Example sentences (10)

A quote usually attributed either to David Wheeler or Butler Lampson reads: "There is no problem in computer science that cannot be solved by adding another layer of indirection, except having too many layers of indirection".

His dirges and satires are bold and blunt; they swap the indirection of imagery, obtuse or otherwise, for the snap of metre and rhyme.

I was perhaps guilty of excessive indirection early on, so much so that I briefly acquired the nickname of Gentle Ben in the industry.

Addressing modes The new addressing modes added scaled indexing and another level of indirection to many of the pre-existing modes, and added quite a bit of flexibility to various indexing modes and operations.

However, unlike the load and store instructions, if the indirect address had the most significant bit set, it would perform a further cycle of indirection.

It also avoids the extra indirection required to access the first entry of each bucket (that is, usually the only one).

Later, two language features were added: the bit-field selection operator and the infix byte indirection operator (denoted by the '%' character).

The conceptual view provides a level of indirection between internal and external.

This may result in multiple levels of indirection.

Thus, indirect code is often more compact than direct-threaded code, but the indirection also typically makes it slower, though still usually faster than bytecode interpreters.

Common combinations with indirection

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "indirection" in a sentence?
An example: "A quote usually attributed either to David Wheeler or Butler Lampson reads: "There is no problem in computer science that cannot be solved by adding another layer of indirection, except having too many layers of indirection"." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "indirection" from authentic English texts.
What does "indirection" mean?
Indirection means: An indirect action or process.
What are synonyms of "indirection"?
Common synonyms of "indirection" include: procedure, process, deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation.
How many example sentences with "indirection" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "indirection", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.