indentation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

indentation (countable and uncountable, plural indentations)

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything

   the indentations of a leaf

   indentations of the coast

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. (typography) 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.
5. A measure of the distance from the flush line

   an indentation of one em

6. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash
   • 2013, Jenny Papettas, The Law Applicable to Cross Border Road Traffic Accidents‎, Birmingham, page 204:

     The explanatory report acknowledges that the result of the rule under the second indentation can appear arbitrary.

    Synonym: indent

• protrusion

• macroindentation
• microindentation
• nanoindentation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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indentation f (plural indentations)

1. indentation

• “indentation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).