different between indentation vs incision

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

From Middle English incision, from Old French incision, from Late Latin incisi? from the verb incid? (“I cut into”) + action noun suffix -i?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

incision (countable and uncountable, plural incisions)

1. A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Wrath-kindled gentlemen, be ruled by me;

     Let’s purge this choler without letting blood:

     This we prescribe, though no physician;

     Deep malice makes too deep incision;

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter 33,^[2]

     Gunch was so humorous that Mrs. Babbitt said he must “stop making her laugh because honestly it was hurting her incision.”

   • 1999, Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, Chapter 28, p. 470,^[3]

     In the midst of the men a black upright stove sends out its heat. On the glowing holes at the top Ya‘qub Artin has carefully placed some chestnuts, each with a neat incision in its side.

2. The act of cutting into a substance.
   • 1539, Thomas Elyot (compiler), The Castel of Helthe, London, Book 3, Chapter 6,^[4]

     The parte of Euacuation by lettyng of blud, is incision or cuttyng of the vayne, wherby the bloud, whiche is cause of syckenes or grefe to the hole body, or any particular part therof, doth most aptly passe.

   • 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, London, pp. 94-95,^[5]

     Never considering […] that these miseries of the people are still his own handy work, having smitt’n them like a forked Arrow so sore into the Kingdoms side, as not to be drawn out and cur’d without the incision of more flesh.

   • 1800, William Hayley, An Essay on Sculpture, London: T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, Epistle 4, p. 89,^[6]

     Mnesarchus, early as a sculptor known,

     From nice incision of the costly stone,

   • 1964, William Trevor, The Old Boys, Penguin, 2014, Chapter 21,^[7]

     Slowly, as meticulously as if engaged upon a surgical incision, Mr Nox opened his mail.

3. (obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
4. (figuratively) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• inosinic

French

Etymology

First known attestation 1314 in the French translation of Chirurgie by Henri de Mondeville. Learned borrowing from Latin incisi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.si.zj??/

Noun

incision f (plural incisions)

1. (medicine, general use) incision