indentation

indentation

English

Etymology

indent +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɛnˈteɪʃən/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

indentation (countable and uncountable, plural indentations)

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.

   the indentations of a leaf

   indentations of the coast

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. (typography) 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.
   • 2007, Robert Richards, Pro PHP XML and Web Services, Apress, →ISBN, page 502:

     The resulting document does not contain the indentation and line breaks found in the original document.

5. A measure of the distance from the flush line.

   an indentation of one em

6. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.
   • 2013, Jenny Papettas, The Law Applicable to Cross Border Road Traffic Accidents‎, Birmingham, page 204:

     The explanatory report acknowledges that the result of the rule under the second indentation can appear arbitrary.

    Synonym: indent

Antonyms

• protrusion

Derived terms

• macroindentation
• microindentation
• nanoindentation
• picoindentation

Translations

act of indenting or state of being indented

Bulgarian: назъбване (bg) n (nazǎbvane) Czech: odsazení n Finnish: hammastus (fi), sisennys (fi), koloaminen French: indentation (fr) f Russian: индента́ция (ru) f (indentácija) Slovak: odsadenie, odsadzovanie Swedish: indentering c (programming)

notch or recess in a margin or border

Bulgarian: зъбец (bg) m (zǎbec) Finnish: kolo (fi), hammastus (fi) German: Delle (de) f Italian: indentazione f, recesso (it) m, incavo (it) m Portuguese: indentação (pt) m Russian: вы́рез (ru) m (výrez), вы́ступ (ru) (výstup) Turkish: çentik (tr), girinti (tr)

recess or sharp depression in a surface

Bulgarian: вдлъбнатина (bg) f (vdlǎbnatina) Czech: prohlubeň f Finnish: kolo (fi) German: Einbuchtung (de) f, Vertiefung (de) f Italian: incavo (it) m Maori: hāraunga Russian: вмя́тина (ru) f (vmjátina) (dent), углубле́ние (ru) f or n (uglublénije) (depression) Slovak: preliačina, priehlbina Turkish: çukur (tr)

act of beginning a line at a distance from the flush line

Bulgarian: абзац (bg) m (abzac), отстъп m (otstǎp) Catalan: sagnia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 缩进 (suōjìn) Czech: odsazení n Finnish: sisennys (fi), sisentäminen French: indentation (fr) f German: Einrückung (de) f Hungarian: behúzás (hu) Italian: indentazione f Norwegian: innrykk Polish: akapit (pl) m Portuguese: indentação (pt) f Russian: абза́ц (ru) m (abzác), о́тступ (ru) m (ótstup) Slovak: odsadenie, odsadzovanie Spanish: sangría (es) f Swedish: indrag (sv) n

measure of distance to the flush line

Czech: odsazeni n Finnish: sisennys (fi) German: Einzug (de) m Slovak: odsadenie

a division unit of a piece of law

Bulgarian: тире́ (bg) n (tiré) French: tiret (fr) m German: Spiegelstrich (de) m Italian: trattino (it) m Polish: tiret (pl) m Portuguese: travessão (pt) m Spanish: guion (es) m

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French

Etymology

Latin indentātiō, from indentō (“indent”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

indentation f (plural indentations)

1. indentation

Further reading

• “indentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.