depth

plural depths

1. countableuncountablethe vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

   Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.

   Synonyms: deepness, lowness, abyss, bottom, bathos, nadir

2. countableuncountablethe distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
3. countablefigurativelyuncountablethe intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

   The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.

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   The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.

   We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.

4. countableuncountablelowness

   the depth of a sound

5. countableuncountablecolorscomputingthe total palette of available colors
6. countableuncountableartthe property of appearing three-dimensional

   The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

7. countableliteraryplural normallyuncountablethe deepest part (usually of a body of water)

   The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.

8. countableliteraryplural normallyuncountablea very remote part.

   In the depths of the night,

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   Into the depths of the jungle...

9. countableuncountablethe most severe part

   in the depths of winter

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   in the depth of the crisis

10. countableuncountablehuman sciencesthe number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
11. countableuncountablehobbiesa pair of toothed wheels which work together
12. countableuncountableaeronauticsthe perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
13. countableuncountablemathematicsthe lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
14. countableuncountablecomputingA set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
15. countableuncountablering theoryalgebraAn invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).