Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of indenting or state of being indented.

    индента́цияindentácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.

    the indentations of a leaf

    indentations of the coast

    Delle

    вы́резvýrez, вы́ступvýstup

  3. (countable, uncountable)A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

    Einbuchtung, Vertiefung

    вмя́тинаvmjátina, углубле́ниеuglublénije

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Einrückung

    абза́цabzác, о́тступótstup

    абзацabzac, відступvidstup

  5. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the distance from the flush line.

    an indentation of one em

    Einzug

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

    Spiegelstrich

More definitions
  • the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
  • the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
  • a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
  • the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Ziri found indentations on the door.

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  2. Her butt left an indentation in the couch.

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  3. The apple, despite its bulges and indentations, is still basically spherical.

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  4. There were large indentations in the dirt all around those bones.

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  5. A browser ignores any indentations or blank lines in the source text.

    ruБраузер не обращает внимания на отступы и пустые строки в исходном тексте.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of indenting or state of being indented:
notch or recess in a margin or border:
recess or sharp depression in a surface:
act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
notch or recess in a margin or border:
recess or sharp depression in a surface:
act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line:
measure of distance to the flush line:
a division unit of a piece of law:

Forms

plural: indentations
Singularindentation
Pluralindentations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line:indentionindentindenture
  • a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline):indenture
  • the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion:pittingroughness

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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