Definition of indentation

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Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.

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Punctured :: Punctured (a.) Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
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..
Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..
Graining :: Graining (n.) Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Impress :: Impress (n.) A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence..
Indention :: Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation..
Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..
Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..
Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
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..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Pit :: Pit (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox..
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..
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