| Indentation 1. (n.) The act of indenting or state of being indented. 2. (n.) A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc. 3. (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface. 4. (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. 5. (n.) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems. Thesaurus Entries alveolation, alveolus, blaze, boss, bump, cleft, colophon, concavity, convexity, crena, cut, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, depression, digging, dimple, dint, embossment, engraving, excavation, excrescence, feel, fingerprint, finish, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, furrow, gash, gouge, grain, granular texture, hack, hollow, honeycomb, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incision, indent, indention, indenture, jag, jog, joggle, kerf, knub, lump, mark, mining, nap, nick, nock, notch, nub, pad, paw print, pawmark, pile, pimple, pit, pock, pockmark, print, protuberance, pug, pugmark, score, scotch, seal, shag, sigil, signet, stamp, step, structure, stud, sunken part, surface, surface texture, texture, thumbmark, thumbprint, vestige, wale, weave, woof |