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Meanings of indentation in English

Russian
абзацный отступ
Spanish
sangria
Catalan
sagnat
Wikidata

Empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.

Related terms
абзацный отступ
Portuguese
indentação
Catalan
osca

The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line.

indentação

The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion.

Synonyms
Examples for "roughness"
Examples for "roughness"
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Interestingly, the researchers also heard that roughness in house and car alarms.
Wired
2
No roughness was found either in the channel or the green sea.
The Mysterious Island
3
But today, the smaller circuitry develops atomic-scale roughness from that very chemical.
Wired
4
Abrupt as was the challenge the tone of it had no roughness.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
5
Both knew and were indifferent to the roughness of the fierce northland.
The Man in the Twilight
1
Being up there with the people, pitting your wits against the sea?
The Only Victor
2
His colleagues back his plans by pitting various criminals against one another.
Reuters
3
Keselowski cycled to the race lead after pitting 14 laps before Truex.
Reuters
4
It's extremely tough, and this pitting can't have occurred through simple wear.
The Lost World
5
Phoenix enjoyed pitting himself against the pinnacles of the computer security industry.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
Usage of indentation in English
1
The right shell may have a distinct indentation in the anterior edge.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
2
The other end was still within the indentation-halfin, and half out.
The House on the Borderland
3
Searching, I found its key; a cupped indentation upon which I pressed.
The Metal Monster
4
Joharran and several other people crowded near to see the rounded indentation.
The Shelters of Stone
5
He does for the hearer exactly what indentation does for the reader.
Practical Argumentation
6
He drags my hand up so I can feel each small indentation.
Dirty Rowdy Thing
7
The indentation in the mound-top represented the navel in the Great Belly.
Jitterbug Perfume
8
Vascular indentation can predict the presence of symptoms in patients with TN.
Pubmed
9
Tests of California laurel wood by compression, indentation, shearing, transverse tension, pp.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
10
At his left temple there was an unmistakable indentation in his head.
Stinger
11
There wasn't even a mouth, just an indentation in the doughy mass.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
12
Walruses' Bay, formed by an indentation of the firm ground, had disappeared!
The Fur Country: Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
13
It ceased to be parallel-sided; it developed a deep indentation on one side.
The First Men in the Moon
14
Also note the slight overrun at the top with the resulting V-shaped indentation.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
15
Axial compression tests of adjacent vertebral bodies were correlated with the indentation results.
Pubmed
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The indentation of statements is not required but is recommended to improve readability.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
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Translations for indentation
Portuguese
indentação
Indentation through the time
Indentation across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common