indention
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But a wrong letter, a space in the wrong place, a wrong indention, a wrong punctuation mark, was an error that cost a ten "word" penalty against the total score.
From Time Magazine Archive
The indention of the first line catches the eye of the reader and notifies him silently to stop for a summary of his impressions before starting a somewhat different phase of the story.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle) Spencer
"See, Walter," he exclaimed pointing to a square indention in the soft soil.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
This indention of the margin and the incomplete line at the end mark the visible limits of the paragraph.
From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
When a heading runs over one line, use hanging indention; that is, do not allow the second line to run back to the left-hand margin, but indent it.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever
