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Definition of Indention
1. Noun. The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line.
Generic synonyms: Blank Space, Place, Space
Derivative terms: Indent, Indent
Definition of Indention
1. n. Same as Indentation, 4.
Definition of Indention
1. Noun. The act of indenting a line of text by including blank space at the beginning ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indention
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indention
Literary usage of Indention
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Composition-rhetoric by Fred Newton Scott (1898)
"In manuscript the indention should be wider. The beginner should make a practice of
... A common fault in the use of indention may be illustrated by again ..."
2. Simplified Library School Rules: Card Catalog, Accession, Book Numbers by Melvil Dewey (1904)
"... 8 indention, spacing, call numbers indention 8a Author. Begin author's name
at left red line, and succeeding lines of author's name at right red line. ..."
3. Simplified Library School Rules: Card Catalog, Accession, Book Numbers by Melvil Dewey (1904)
"... 8 indention, spacing, call numbers indention 8a Author. Begin author's name
at left red line, and succeeding ..."
4. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"Paragraph indention. — When you write a paragraph, its first line is indented a
certain distance ... This is called indenting, or indention. indention ..."
5. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"... XI indention RINTED WORDS need the relief of a surrounding blank as much as
figures in a landscape need background or contrast, perspective or ..."
6. Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope (1804)
"... -and therefore, for your fake, I %vill pat an end to this dull letter ; and
ailure you., \ci:h all the truth of a man who has no indention, that I am, ..."
7. Among the Cotton Thieves by Edward Bacon (1867)
"This thing will be the most glorious indention to be found in all the catalogue
of polytechnics. Bailey, I will make you a brigadier. ..."
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