indentation

indent +‎ -ation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɛnˈteɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

indentation (countable and uncountable, plural indentations)

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.

   the indentations of a leaf

   indentations of the coast

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. (typography) 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.
   • 2007, Robert Richards, Pro PHP XML and Web Services, Apress, →ISBN, page 502:

     The resulting document does not contain the indentation and line breaks found in the original document.

5. A measure of the distance from the flush line.

   an indentation of one em

6. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.

   Synonym: indent

   • 2013, Jenny Papettas, The Law Applicable to Cross Border Road Traffic Accidents‎, Birmingham, page 204:

     The explanatory report acknowledges that the result of the rule under the second indentation can appear arbitrary.

• protrusion

• hanging indentation
• macroindentation
• microindentation
• nanoindentation
• picoindentation

From Latin indentātiōnem, from indentō (“indent”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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indentation f (plural indentations)

1. indentation

• “indentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.