Definition of indentation

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Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..

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Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
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..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.
Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Notch :: Notch (n.) A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..
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..
Indention :: Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc..
Mill :: Mill (n.) To make a raised border around the edges of, or to cut fine grooves or indentations across the edges of, as of a coin, or a screw head; also, to stamp in a coining press; to coin..
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Indentation :: 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..
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..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
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