Indentation

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of indenting.
  • noun. The condition of being indented.
  • noun. The blank space between a margin and the beginning of an indented line.
  • noun. A notch or jagged cut in an edge.
  • noun. A recess, as in a border or coastline.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small hollow or depression; a dent or slight pit, as from a blow or from pressure; an impressed cavity: as, the indentations in a battered shield.
  • noun. The act of indenting, or the state of being indented; the act of notching, or of cutting into points or inequalities like a row of teeth.
  • noun. A cut or notch in a margin; a recess or depression.
  • noun. In printing. See indention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • noun. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything
  • noun. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  • noun. The measure of the distance.
  • noun. indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line; also called a hanging indent.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • noun. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  • noun. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • noun. The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
  • noun. A measure of the distance from the flush line; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  • noun. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  • noun. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
  • noun. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
  • Word Usage
    "In the indentation is a bit of cheese and a fresh fried egg."
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