To be cut, notched, or dented.

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

A stamp; an impression.

To begin a line with a given amount of white space, such as paragraph indentation. to top

A short line of type set to the right or left of the standard margin.

To set in from the margin. Usually used in the first line of a paragraph.

a gap left in a course of brickwork between toothers to bond with future work.

A part of a column set in a narrower width. The first line of a paragraph is usually indented; columns are often indented to accommodate art, logos or initial caps.

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

set in from the margin; "Indent the paragraphs of a letter"

cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication; "indent the documents"

make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"

notch the edge of or make jagged

the amount by which a line of type is less than full measure (i.e., paragraph indention is space left blank at the left in the first line of a paragraph).

To begin a line with a blank space, thus setting the line back a little. The first line of a new paragraph is usually indented.

Placing copy further from the right or left of the margin. A first line indent is often used at the begining of paragraphs. A hanging indent has the first line starting at the margin, but successive lines of that paragraph indented — often used in outlines or bulleted lists. A left/right indent, where both sides of a paragraph are indented, is often used to highlight a long quote or bring attention to a particular passage.

The positioning of text so that a margin of the line or lines appears a fixed distance from the left and/or right margin.

output: White space between the margins on a page and a body of text. Normally used only as a first-line indent, either inside the margins like you learned in typing class or outside as a hanging indent. Most indentation is accomplished with margin settings since word processors givereach paragraph its own ruler. Not really a character (no ASCII value), but it's almost one.

A notch or dent left on paper due to the force from the tip of a pen when writing.

The position of text in from the margin.

A part of the copy, often the first line of a paragraph, which is narrower than the full column width