semidirect

adjective2

1. •
   Neither unqualifiedly direct nor unqualifiedly indirect.

   • The term semidirect aerosol effect was first introduced by Hansen, et al. (1997). […] This triggered a number of model studies investigating the semidirect aerosol effect on a global-scale. — 2011
2. •
   That has the nature of, or has a nature that derives from or is analogous to, a semidirect product.

   • Problem 37. A semidirect sum of Lie algebras is a Lie algebra. — 2012