Definition of indentation

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Indentation (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..

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Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation; as, a polled deed. See Dee/ poll..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..
Heart :: Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart..
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Land :: Land (n.) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves..
Crenelation :: Crenelation (n.) The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Indentedly :: Indentedly (adv.) With indentations.
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention..
Print :: Print (n.) A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow..
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
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