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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th. Cognate with Scots deepth (“depth”), Saterland Frisian Djüpte (“depth”), West Frisian djipte (“depth”), Dutch diepte (“depth”), Low German Deepde (“depth”), Danish dybde (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt (“depth”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]depth (countable and uncountable, plural depths)
- the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
- the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
- (figuratively) the 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.
- We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
- lowness
- the depth of a sound
- (computing, colors) the total palette of available colors
- (art, photography) the property of appearing three-dimensional
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
- (literary, usually in the plural) the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
- The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
- (literary, usually in the plural) a very remote part.
- Into the depths of the jungle...
- In the depths of the night,
- the most severe part
- in the depth of the crisis
- in the depths of winter
- (logic) the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
- (horology) a pair of toothed wheels which work together
- (aeronautics) the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
- (statistics) the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
- (cryptography) A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
- (algebra, ring theory) An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- bit depth
- bit-depth
- codepth
- color depth
- crush depth
- defence in depth
- defense in depth
- depth bomb
- depth charge
- depth-charge
- depthen
- depth-first search
- depth of field
- depth-psychology
- depth psychology
- depth sounder
- depthwise
- design depth
- double play depth
- focal depth
- in depth
- in-depth
- indepth
- normal depth
- operating depth
- optical depth
- out of one's depth
- Secchi depth
- test depth
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]vertical distance below a surface
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intensity of an emotion, situation, etc.
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