Definition of indentation

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

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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..
Impression :: Impression (n.) That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
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..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
Indention :: Indention (n.) Same as Indentation, 4..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Dibble :: Dibble (v. t.) To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble..
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having indentations like a battlement.
Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented.
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..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed..
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..
Dint :: Dint (n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
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..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems..
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
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