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Definition of Indents

Indent
Indent In*dent", v. i. 1. To be cut, notched, or dented. 2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag. 3. To contract; to bargain or covenant. --Shak. To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. --South.
Indent
Indent In*dent", n. 1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch. --Shak. 2. A stamp; an impression. [Obs.] 3. A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. --D. Ramsay. A. Hamilton. 4. (Mil.) A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army. [India] --Wilhelm.
Indent
Indent In*dent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indented; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenting.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF. endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth, and cf. Indenture.] 1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper. 2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp. 3. [Cf. Indenture.] To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant. 4. (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention. 5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores. [India] --Wilhelm.

Meaning of Indents from wikipedia

- Look up indent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Indent may refer to: Indent (album), a 1973 free jazz album by Cecil Taylor indent (Unix), a computer...
- utilities. The following command $ indent -st -bap -bli0 -i4 -l79 -ncs -npcs -npsl -fca -lc79 -fc1 -ts4 some_file.c indents some_file.c in a style resembling...
- example, indenting at the beginning of line means on the left for a left-to-right script and on the right for right-to-left script. Indent is both a...
- Indented Head is a small coastal township located on the Bellarine Peninsula, east of Geelong, in the Australian state of Victoria. The town lies on the...
- example the Unix indent command. Emacs provides commands to modify indentation, including hitting Tab on a given line. M-x indent-region indents code. Elastic...
- Indenter tectonics, also known as escape tectonics, is a branch of strike-slip tectonics that involves the collision and deformation of two continental...
- on behalf of another party. Indent agents or indenting agents (or firms) are alternative terms for buying agents. An indent is an order for goods under...
- dimensions of an indentation left by a specifically dimensioned and loaded indenter. Common indentation hardness scales are Rockwell, Vickers, S****, and Brinell...
- a material. The Rockwell test measures the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load (major load) compared to the penetration made by a preload...
- opening than a bay. The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline. Many...