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indirect cost — noun also indirect charge : a cost that is not identifiable with a specific product, function, or activity contrasted with direct cost * * * a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a… … Useful english dictionary
indirect — indirect, e [ ɛ̃dirɛkt ] adj. • 1416; lat. indirectus ♦ Qui n est pas direct. 1 ♦ Qui n est pas en ligne droite, qui fait un ou plusieurs détours. ⇒ courbe, détourné. Itinéraire indirect. Éclairage indirect, qui éclaire par réflexion sur les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Indirect fire — means aiming and firing a projectile in a high trajectory without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating azimuth and elevation angles, and may include… … Wikipedia
indirect — Indirect, [indir]ecte. adj. Qui n est pas direct. Il n a point d usage au propre. Fig. Voyes indirectes, Se dit en mauvaise part, pour de mauvais moyens. Il est parvenu à cette charge par des voyes indirectes. On appelle aussi figur. Loüanges… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Indirect injection — In an internal combustion engine, the term indirect injection refers to a fuel injection where fuel is not directly injected into the combustion chamber. Gasoline engines are usually equipped with indirect injection systems, wherein a fuel… … Wikipedia
Indirect tax — The term indirect tax has more than one meaning.In the colloquial sense, an indirect tax (such as sales tax, value added tax (VAT), or goods and services tax (GST)) is a tax collected by an intermediary (such as a retail store) from the person… … Wikipedia
charge — Synonyms and related words: accountability, accounting for, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accredit, accusal, accusation, accuse, accusing, achievement, action, activate, adjure, administration, admission, admission fee, admonish,… … Moby Thesaurus
Stratified charge engine — The stratified charge engine is a type of internal combustion engine, similar in some ways to the Diesel cycle, but running on normal gasoline. The name refers to the layering of fuel/air mixture, the charge inside the cylinder.In a traditional… … Wikipedia
Direct and indirect band gaps — In semiconductor physics, the band gap of a semiconductor is always one of two types, a direct band gap or an indirect band gap. The band gap is called direct if the momentum of electrons and holes is the same in both the conduction band and the… … Wikipedia
Pickett's Charge — was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade s Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was… … Wikipedia
