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indentation
Found in thesaurus: incurvation, concave shape, concavity, incurvature, corroding, erosion, corrosion, blank space, place, space, change of shape
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indentation
n.
blank space left between a margin and the beginning of a printed or written line; act of indenting a document; groove; deep recess, niche; dent, notch
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Indentation
Indentation may refer to:
- A notch, or deep recess; for instance in a coastline, or a carving in rock
- Indentation (typesetting), the placement of text farther to the right, or left, to separate it from surrounding text.
- Indent style, in programming a convention governing the indentation of blocks of code to convey the program's structure
- Indentation hardness, as applied in hardness measurement.
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indentation
Noun
1. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
(synonym) indenture
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
(hyponym) notch
2. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
(synonym) pitting, roughness
(hypernym) corrosion, corroding, erosion
(derivation) indent, dent
3. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
(synonym) indent, indenture
(hypernym) space, blank space, place
(derivation) indent
4. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
(hypernym) change of shape
(derivation) indent
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indentation
n.
odsazení; zářez
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Indentation
(n.)
The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
(n.)
The act of indenting or state of being indented.
The act of indenting or state of being indented.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
(n.)
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
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