embossment

em·boss·ment  (m-bôsmnt, -bs-)

n.

1. The act or process of embossing or the condition of being embossed.

2. Embossed ornamentation.

3. The distance between the nondeformed part of a document surface and a specified point on a printed character in optical character recognition.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	embossment - an impression produced by pressure or printing imprint stamp, impression - a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving; "he put his stamp on the envelope"
	2.	embossment - sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief, relief alto relievo, alto rilievo, high relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth bas relief, basso relievo, basso rilievo, low relief - a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut half-relief, mezzo-relievo, mezzo-rilievo - a sculptural relief between low relief and high relief sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art