Indentation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of indenting.
  • n. The condition of being indented.
  • n. The blank space between a margin and the beginning of an indented line.
  • n. A notch or jagged cut in an edge.
  • n. A recess, as in a border or coastline.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • n. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
  • n. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A measure of the distance from the flush line; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  • n. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything
  • n. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
  • n.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The measure of the distance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A cut or notch in a margin; a recess or depression.
  • n. In printing. See indention.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  • n. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  • n. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
  • n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blank space    place    space    corrosion    erosion    corroding    change of shape   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    depression    hollow    indenting    indenture    indention    print    dent    din    peck    pick   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crevice    dent    groove    crease    depression    notch    recess    gully    cleave    contour