Indentation

Indentation
Indentation In`den*ta"tion, n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented. [1913 Webster]

2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

{Hanging indentation}, or {Reverse indentation}, indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line; also called a {hanging indent}. [1913 Webster]


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  • indentation — [ ɛ̃dɑ̃tasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1860; de 1. in et dent 1 ♦ Didact. ou littér. Échancrure en forme de morsure. Les indentations d un littoral rocheux. 2 ♦ Inform. Disposition particulière du texte d un programme faisant apparaître des décalages de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • indentation — (n.) 1728, of margins or edges, extended form of INDENT (Cf. indent) (n.). Meaning action of making a dent or impression is from 1847 …   Etymology dictionary

  • indentation — ► NOUN 1) the action of indenting or the state of being indented. 2) a deep recess or notch …   English terms dictionary

  • indentation — [in΄den tā′shən] n. [ INDENT1 or INDENT2 + ATION] 1. an indenting or being indented 2. a result of indenting; specif., a) a notch, cut, or inlet on a coastline, etc. b) a dent …   English World dictionary

  • Indentation — An indentation may refer to: A notch, or deep recesses; for instance in a coastline, or a carving in rock The placement of text farther to the right to separate it from surrounding text. The first meaning is also applied in hardness measurement… …   Wikipedia

  • Indentation — Une indentation est un retrait par rapport à la norme. Cela peut se comprendre de cinq manières : Sommaire 1 Géographie 2 Littérature 3 Technologies de communication 4 Informatique …   Wikipédia en Français

  • indentation — ● n. f. ►PROG Mise en page minimaliste réalisée à l aide essentiellement de tabulations, afin de rendre un code source (ou tout autre texte) plus lisible, en faisant ressortir visuellement la structure du document, en partic. les structures de… …   Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • indentation — n. to make an indentation * * * [ˌɪnden teɪʃ(ə)n] to make an indentation …   Combinatory dictionary

  • indentation — [[t]ɪ̱ndente͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] indentations 1) N COUNT An indentation is the space at the beginning of a line of writing when it starts further away from the edge of the paper than all the other lines. 2) N COUNT An indentation is a shallow hole or cut …   English dictionary

  • indentation — UK [ˌɪndenˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms indentation : singular indentation plural indentations 1) [countable] a mark or hole in the surface of something Use a knife to make indentations in the icing. 2) [countable] a cut shaped like a V in the… …   English dictionary

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