different between snick vs indentation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?k/

Etymology 1

Probably from snick or snee.

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. (transitive) To cut or snip.
2. (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
2. A small cut or mark.
3. A knot or irregularity in yarn.

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Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. To make something click, to make a clicking noise.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. A sharp clicking sound.

Etymology 3

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. Alternative form of sneck

Anagrams

• Nicks, nicks, scink

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).