1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
4. (Print.) (a) 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. (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems. Hanging, or Reverse, indentation, indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line.
INDENTED
In*dent"ed, a.
1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton. Shak.
3. (Her.)
Defn: Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.