indentation

indentation has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
• n.. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
• n.. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
• 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.
• n.. The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.
• n.. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
• n.. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
• n.. the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
• n.. a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)