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indention|ɪnˈdɛnʃən|
[Irregularly formed from indent v.1, instead of indentation; but in sense derived also from indent v.2]
I. From indent v.1
1. = indentation 1 and 2.
1763Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 66/1 They are..smooth, thick, and without indention at the edge. 1814Scott Diary Voy. 16 Aug. in Lockhart, The bay is formed by a deep indention in the mainland. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. ii. 119 A lamina of bone folded upon itself so as to form three indentions on the outer edge. 1870F. R. Wilson Ch. Lindisf. 126 Each indention [is] enriched with bead ornament.
2. The indenting of a line in printing or writing; the leaving of a blank space at the beginning of a line at the commencement of a new paragraph, etc.; the blank space so left. See indent v.1 8.
Hanging indention or reverse indention, the projection of the first line of a paragraph, etc., beyond the vertical line of those that follow.
1824J. Johnson Typogr. II. 136 The mere indention of an m [is] scarcely perceptible in a long line. 1884Southward Pract. Print. (ed. 2) 87 The whole would be a ‘hanging indention’, because part of the first line would hang over the succeeding ones.
II. From indent v.2
3. A dent or dint: = indentation 4.
1839Chatto Wood Engraving 564 It will make a small indention in the [wood] block, and occasion a white or grey speck in the impressions. |