indirect+expression

  • 1indirect expression — noun an indirect way of expressing something • Syn: ↑circumlocution • Derivationally related forms: ↑circumlocutious (for: ↑circumlocution) • Hypernyms: ↑evasion, ↑ …

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  • 2Indirect self-reference — describes an object referring to itself indirectly .For example, define the function f such that f(x) = x(x) . Any function passed as an argument to f is invoked with itself as an argument, and thus in any use of that argument is indirectly… …

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  • 3Indirect demonstration — Demonstration Dem on*stra tion, n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F. d[ e]monstration.] 1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 4indirect quote — The expression of an exchange rate in terms of the number of units of a foreign currency corresponding to a single unit of the domestic currency. For example, in the UK an indirect quote for the dollar might be $1. 8 = £1. Compare direct quote …

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  • 5indirect request — noun an expression of some desire or inclination I could tell that it was his wish that the guests leave his crying was an indirect request for attention • Syn: ↑wish • Derivationally related forms: ↑wish (for: ↑wish) …

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  • 6Suffrage universel indirect — Suffrage universel Droit de vote et d’éligibilité cette série fait partie des séries sur la politique Démocratie Élection Droit de vote des étrangers Droit de vote des étrangers aux États Unis Droit de vote des étrangers en France Droit de vote… …

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  • 7Free indirect speech — is a style of third person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third person along with the essence of first person direct speech. (It is also referred to as free indirect discourse, free indirect style, or discours indirect libre… …

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  • 8Coombs indirect — Anticorps irrégulier Un anticorps est qualifié d irrégulier par les immuno hématologistes lorsqu il n est pas systématiquement présent chez les sujets dépourvus de l antigène correspondant. Ainsi nous disons que les anticorps du système de groupe …

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  • 9Yiddish literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic (Ashkenazi) Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants).       Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired …

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  • 10periphrases — pe·riph·ra·sis || pÉ™ rɪfrÉ™sɪs n. indirect speech, circumlocution; indirect expression, expression phrased in a roundabout manner …

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