Definition of Indentetion
In`den*ta"tion (?), n.
1. The act of indenting or state of being
indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border
of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast,
etc.
3. A recess or sharp depression in any
surface.
4. (Print.) (a) 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. (b)
The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one
em, or of two ems.
Hanging, or Reverse,
indentation, indentation of all the lines of a
paragraph except the first, which is a full line.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- 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.
- The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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