Definitions for depth
dɛpθdepth

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 8 votes

1. depth, deepnessnoun

   the extent downward or backward or inward

   "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"

2. depthnoun

   degree of psychological or intellectual profundity

3. depthnoun

   (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part

   "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"

4. depthnoun

   (usually plural) a low moral state

   "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"

5. astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepnessnoun

   the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

6. depthnoun

   the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense

   "the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion"

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1. Depthnoun

   (Computers) the maximum number of times a type of procedure is reiteratively called before the last call is exited; -- of subroutines or procedures which are reentrant; -- used of call stacks.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depthnoun

   The vertical distance below a surface; the amount that something is deep.

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

2. depthnoun

   The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.

3. depthnoun

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

4. depthnoun

   The total palette of available colors.

5. depthnoun

   The property of appearing three-dimensional.

   The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

6. depthnoun

   The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)

   Tthe burning ship finally sunk into the depths.

7. depthnoun

   A very remote part.

8. depthnoun

   The most severe part.

9. depthnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depthnoun

   Etymology: from deep, of diep, Dutch.

   1. Deepness; the measure of any thing from the surface downwards.

   As for men, although they had buildings in many places higher than the depth of the water, yet that inundation had a long continuance. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

   We have large and deep caves of several depths: the deepest are sunk six hundred fathoms. Francis Bacon.

   The left to that unhappy region tends,
   Which to the depth of Tartarus descends. John Dryden, Æn.

   For though, in nature, depth and height
   Are equally held infinite,
   In poetry the height we know
   ’Tis only infinite below. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Deep place; not a shoal.

   The false tides skim o’er the cover’d land,
   And seamen with dissembled depths betray. John Dryden, Ann. Mir.

   3. The abyss; a gulph of infinite profundity.

   When he prepared the heavens I was there, when he set a compass upon the face of the depth. Prov. viii. 27.

   4. The middle or height of a season.

   And in the depth of winter, in the night,
   You plow the raging seas to coasts unknown. John Denham.

   The earl of Newcastle, in the depth of Winter, rescued the city of York from the rebels. Edward Hyde.

   5. Abstruseness; obscurity.

   There are greater depths and obscurities in an elaborate and well written piece of nonsense, than in the most abstruse tract of school divinity. Joseph Addison, Whig Examiner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Depthnoun

   the quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops

2. Depthnoun

   profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color

3. Depthnoun

   lowness; as, depth of sound

4. Depthnoun

   that which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter

5. Depthnoun

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

6. Depthnoun

   a pair of toothed wheels which work together

7. Etymology: [From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. dpt, dp, Goth. diupia.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Depth

   depth, n. deepness: the measure of deepness down or inwards: a deep place: the sea: the middle, as depth of winter: abstruseness: extent of sagacity and penetration.—adj. Depth′less, having no depth.—Out of one's depth, in water where one cannot touch bottom: in water too deep for one's safety: beyond one's faculties.—The depths, the lowest pitch of humiliation and misery. [Not in A.S.; Skeat makes it Ice. dýpð, from djúpr, deep.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depth

   In maritime/hydrographic use, the vertical distance from the plane of the hydrographic datum to the bed of the sea, lake, or river.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depth

   A technical word, peculiarly applicable to bodies of men drawn up in line or column. The depth of a battalion or squadron is the number of men in rank and file from front to rear.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. depth

   A known measurement.

   The depth of the sea was known by using specialized equipment.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3224

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4376

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'depth' in Nouns Frequency: #1084

How to pronounce depth?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of depth in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of depth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of depth in a Sentence

1. Edgar Quinet:

   Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.

2. Mike Rizzo:

   We’re going to have to rely on our depth a little bit more now, and hopefully, when Joe is ready, he can be a part of that depth and help us out more towards the back end of the beginning of the season.

3. Steven Kasher:

   The quality, the depth, the sense of reality that he brings to the work is unparalleled.

4. Mark Naison:

   I'm never surprised at the depth of racism in Middle America, the depths of it are limitless. There is a well you can dig into if you are white that justifies almost any level of abuse that you can direct at a black person that challenges your comfort zone.

5. Malcolm Forbes:

   Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

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