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indentation

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in·den·ta·tion  (ndn-tshn)
n.
1.
a. The act of indenting.
b. The condition of being indented.
2. The blank space between a margin and the beginning of an indented line.
3. A notch or jagged cut in an edge.
4. A recess, as in a border or coastline.

indentation
Noun
1. a hollow, notch, or cut, as on an edge or on a coastline
2. an indenting or being indented
3. Also: (indention) the leaving of space or the amount of space left between a margin and the start of an indented line
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.indentationindentation - a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
notch - a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface; "there were four notches in the handle of his revolver"
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
notch - a V-shaped indentation; "mandibular notch"
cleft - a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin)
2.indentation - the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
corroding, corrosion, erosion - erosion by chemical action
3.indentation - the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
4.indentation - the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
change of shape - an action that changes the shape of something

indentation
noun notch, cut, nick, depression, pit, dip, bash (informal) hollow, dent, jag, dimple
Translations
Spanish indentation [ɪndɛnˈteɪʃən] nmella;
(TYP) → sangría

French indentation [ɪndɛnˈteɪʃən] ndécoupure f;
(Typ) → alinéa m;
(on metal) → bosse f

German indentation [ɪndɛnˈteɪʃən] indent nEinkerbung f;
(Typ) → Einrückung f, Einzug m;
(on metal) → Delle f

Italian indentation [ɪndɛnˈteɪʃən] ndentellatura;
(TYP) → rientranza (= dent); tacca

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At night, one could distinguish nothing of all that mass of buildings, except the black indentation of the roofs, unrolling their chain of acute angles round the place; for one of the radical differences between the cities of that time, and the cities of the present day, lay in the façades which looked upon the places and streets, and which were then gables.
Grose took again, into the queer element I offered her, one of her plunges of submission; then I pointed out that the boat might perfectly be in a small refuge formed by one of the recesses of the pool, an indentation masked, for the hither side, by a projection of the bank and by a clump of trees growing close to the water.
Hump, if you will look on the west coast of the map of Norway you will see an indentation called Romsdal Fiord.
 
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