indentations

noun

1. 1

   The act of indenting or state of being indented.

2. 2

   A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything

   “indentations of the coast”

3. 3

   A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

4. 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. 5

   A measure of the distance from the flush line

   “an indentation of one em”

6. 6

   A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash