Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of indent
nounindenting (plural indentings)
plural indentings
- indentation
From this Observation, I was induced to examine the grains of Wheat themselves, in order to investigate, how, and for what purpose they were formed with those indentings, chinks, or creases.
18th century, Samuel Hoole (translator), The Select Works of Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Volume 1 (1800)
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“indenting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indenting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indenting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indenting.
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