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indentation

 noun
     
Related topics: Newspapers, Publishing
in‧den‧ta‧tion [countable]
1 also indentTCN a space at the beginning of a line of writing
2 also indent a cut into the surface or edge of something:
Make an indentation in the center of each cookie.
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