An Indentation

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything
3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distancewithin the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
5. A measure of the distance from the flush line
6. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash Synonym: indent

AntonymsEdit

• protrusion