Meaning of depth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
   countable, uncountable
2. the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
   countable, uncountable
3. the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. lowness
   countable, uncountable
5. the total palette of available colors
   countable, uncountable
6. the property of appearing three-dimensional
   countable, uncountable
7. the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
   countable, literary, plural-normally, uncountable
8. a very remote part.
   countable, literary, plural-normally, uncountable
9. the most severe part
   countable, uncountable
10. the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
    countable, uncountable
11. a pair of toothed wheels which work together
    countable, uncountable
12. the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
    countable, uncountable
13. the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
    countable, uncountable
14. A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
    countable, uncountable
15. An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.”

“The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.”

“We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.”

“the depth of a sound”

“The depth of field in this picture is amazing.”

“The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.”

“Into the depths of the jungle...”

“In the depths of the night,”

“in the depth of the crisis”

“in the depths of winter”

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