Indentation | Mean of indentation in English Dictionary

/ˌɪnˌdɛnˈteɪʃən/

• Noun
• a space at the beginning of a written line or paragraph
1. a smaller/larger indentation
• the act of indenting a line or paragraph
1. Our style guidelines call for indentation of the first line of each paragraph.
• a cut in or into the edge of something
1. A slight indentation [=notch] was cut into the wood.

• an area where the edge of something goes sharply inward
1. a coastline with many indentations
• a small hole or inward curve made by pressure
1. There were several small indentations in the surface of the table.
2. bowl-shaped indentations