different between indentation vs choil

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

indentation (countable and uncountable, plural indentations)

1. The act of indenting or state of being indented.
2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
5. (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
6. A measure of the distance from the flush line

7. (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash

   ?Synonym: indent

Antonyms

• protrusion

Derived terms

• macroindentation
• microindentation
• nanoindentation

Translations

French

Etymology

Latin indent?ti?, from indent? (“indent”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.d??.ta.sj??/

Noun

indentation f (plural indentations)

1. indentation

Further reading

• “indentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from Sheffield.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

choil (plural choils)

1. An unsharpened portion of a knife blade at the base of the blade, near the handle of the knife.
2. The region of a knife where such a portion is, or would be if it existed; the region may be arranged as a grip, guard, or combination thereof (a finger choil), or it may be a notch demarking the end of the sharpened edge (a sharpening choil).

   This knife's large finger choil helps compensate for the short handle.

   1. (on fixed-blade knives) The portion where the heel meets the bolster.
   2. (on folding knives) The indentation of a pocket-knife blade where it joins the tang.

See also

• ricasso

References

• http://www.knifeart.com/cusknifen.html
• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• -holic, choli

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?l?/

Noun

choil m

1. Lenited form of coil.