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indentation

noun

1 indentation

A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline).

synonym: indenture.

Roget 252: concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, ... show more

2 indentation

The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.

synonyms: pitting, roughness.

3 indentation

The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line.

synonyms: indent, indention, indenture.

Roget 257: notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation; dimple.    embrasure, battlement, machicolation; saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, ... show more

Dutch: inspringing

4 indentation

The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions.

Dutch: bluts, buts, deuk


Moby thesaurus: alveolation, alveolus, blaze, boss, bump, cleft, colophon, concavity, convexity, crena, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, depression, digging, dimple, dint, embossment, engraving ... show more.

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