sinkage

[ sing-kij ]
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noun
  1. the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.

  2. a surface sunk for decorative effect.

  1. Printing.

    • the lowering of the first line of body text on a page from its usual position, as at the beginning of a chapter.

    • the amount of such lowering.

Origin of sinkage

1
First recorded in 1880–85; sink + -age

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British Dictionary definitions for sinkage

sinkage

/ (ˈsɪŋkɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. rare the act of sinking or degree to which something sinks or has sunk

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