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Indentation [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. INDENTA'TION

2. INDENT'ED, participle passive Cut in the edge into points, like teeth.

3. Bound out by indented writings; as an indented apprentice or servant.

4. Bound out by writings, or covenants in writing. [The practice of indenting writings is in some places discontinued, but the term remains in use.]

Indentation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.

2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

4. 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. The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems.