indirect evidence

noun

1. circumstantial evidence.

Word History and Origins

Origin of indirect evidence¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

But indirect evidence suggests it could have already slowed by around 15% over the last couple of centuries, although not all scientists agree.

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While there's little direct evidence of such garments, there is indirect evidence in the form of bone needles and the bones of fur-bearers whose pelts were used in the garments.

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Cominsky said on top of the indirect evidence provided by numerous witnesses called by the prosecution, Cohen could add a potential description of Trump's direct role in the scheme.

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It was only a few years ago, though, that the first indirect evidence emerged that the various combinations of these force fields can indeed "distinguish" between the two mirror images of a molecule.

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The team found indirect evidence of cytoskeletons, as well as platy structures that suggest the presence of internal vesicles in which the plates were formed -- perhaps ancestral to Golgi bodies, present in modern eukaryotic cells.

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