hanging indention

hanging indention
noun
: indention in which the first word of the first line of a passage is set flush with the left-hand margin and the first words of the second and subsequent lines are set to the right of the left-hand margin

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Print.
an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
[1925-30]

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hanging indention,
the indention of each line of a paragraph except the first, as in this dictionary.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • hanging indention — noun Date: 1904 indention of all the lines of a paragraph except the first …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hanging indention — Print. an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

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