Indentation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indentation \In`den*ta"tion\, n.
     1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
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     2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything;
        as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.


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     3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
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     4. (Print.)
        (a) 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.
        (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one
            em, or of two ems.
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     {Hanging indentation}, or {Reverse indentation}, indentation
        of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is
        a full line; also called a {hanging indent}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indentation
       n 1: a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
            [syn: {indenture}]
       2: the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of
          corrosion [syn: {pitting}, {roughness}]
       3: the space left between the margin and the start of an
          indented line [syn: {indent}, {indenture}]
       4: the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or
          angular incisions

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "indentation":
     alveolation, alveolus, blaze, boss, bump, cleft, colophon,
     concavity, convexity, crena, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent,
     depression, digging, dimple, dint, embossment, engraving,
     excavation, excrescence, feel, fingerprint, finish, footmark,
     footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, furrow, gash, gouge, grain,
     granular texture, hack, hollow, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite,
     impress, impression, imprint, incision, indent, indention,
     indenture, jag, jog, joggle, kerf, knub, lump, mark, mining, nap,
     nick, nock, notch, nub, pad, paw print, pawmark, pile, pimple, pit,
     pock, pockmark, print, protuberance, pug, pugmark, score, scotch,
     seal, shag, sigil, signet, stamp, step, structure, stud,
     sunken part, surface, surface texture, texture, thumbmark,
     thumbprint, vestige, wale, weave, woof