dimple
noun
a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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His celebrated general theory of relativity in 1915 described how matter can cause space and time — spacetime — to curve, much the way a bowling ball will dimple the surface of a trampoline.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019