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. figurativelyThe intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

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

   “The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.”

4. Lowness

   “the depth of a sound”

5. computingcolorsThe total palette of available colors

6. artsphotographyThe property of appearing three-dimensional

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

7. literaryusually in the pluralThe deepest part (usually of a body of water)

   “The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.”

8. literaryusually in the pluralA very remote part.

   “Into the depths of the jungle...”

   “In the depths of the night,”

9. The most severe part

   “in the depth of the crisis”

   “in the depths of winter”

10. logicThe number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content

11. horologyA pair of toothed wheels which work together

12. aeronauticsThe perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

13. statisticsThe lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values

14. The extent downward or backward or inward

    “the depth of the water”

    “depth of a shelf”

    “depth of a closet”

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