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Word of the Day - indentation

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indentation

/ɪndɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
1 mass noun The action of indenting or the state of being indented.
count noun ‘an indentation for each change of speaker’
2 A deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something.

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A standard Web page does not show paragraphs with indentation.
Leading "whitespace" isn't standard. The Web wasn't initially designed
for publishing fiction. Good page designers have tricks to get the job
done if needed.

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