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indent
To align text some number of spaces to the right of the left margin. See hanging paragraph.
indent
1. Chiefly Brit (in foreign trade) an order for foreign merchandise, esp one placed with an agent
2. Chiefly Brit an official order for goods
3. (in the late 18th-century US) a certificate issued by federal and state governments for the principal or interest due on the public debt

indent [in′dent]
(science and technology)
To form a depression by forcing inward.

indent
1. The gap left by the omission of stone, brick, or block units in a course of masonry; used for bonding future masonry.
2. In a wall of a church, a space hollowed out of stone to receive a brass effigy.


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Indeed, using two different conical indentors with a spherical tip, they have recorded the critical load as a function of scratch speed.
The company's modular concept is said to allow it to make basic design changes to its probes or special indentors to customize its instruments.
This may be because a) different indentors are used for scratch and indentation hardness tests, and b) the scratch test is dynamic and the indentation hardness tests are static.
 
 
 
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