depth
noun
- 1
The vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
“Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.”
- 2
The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
- 3
The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
“The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.”
- 4
Lowness
“the depth of a sound”
- 5
(colors) the total palette of available colors
- 6
The property of appearing three-dimensional
“The depth of field in this picture is amazing.”
- 7
(usually in the plural) the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
“The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.”
- 8
(usually in the plural) a very remote part.
“In the depths of the night,”
- 9
The most severe part
“in the depth of the crisis”
- 10
The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
- 11
A pair of toothed wheels which work together
- 12
The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
- 13
The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
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