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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.


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Dead load IHRD methods were developed to overcome the disadvantages of springs and flat ended indentors, but traditional Shore has reigned across the water, despite ASTM including the international dead load method.
 
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