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.
5. (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.

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

   an indentation of one em

7. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.

   Synonym: indent

   • 2013, Jenny Papettas, The Law Applicable to Cross Border Road Traffic Accidents‎^[1], Birmingham, page 204:

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

Antonyms

• protrusion

Derived terms

• hanging indentation
• 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

French

Etymology

From Latin indentātiōnem, 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.