indentation
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The single set of temporal fascia—indentations behind the eye sockets that are doubled on a reptile—is one means of scientific definition.
He’d been squeezing the key so hard he could feel every indentation.
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Akira stopped Dodger and pointed behind them, where a line of horseshoe marks left indentations in the ashy road.
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When the cell's receptors detect that the virus has attached, the membrane begins forming a small indentation at that spot.
From Science Daily
I practically choke on my own saliva—the lines, edges, and indentations of my palm pattern are now crackling orange, like embers on a grill.
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