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Depth is the distance from top down or front to back, or the intensity of color or sound. (noun)

An example of depth is a swimming pool being six feet deep.
An example of depth is the darkness of a purple dress.

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See depth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the distance from the top downward, from the surface inward, or from front to back
2. perspective, as in a painting
the quality or condition of being deep; deepness; specif.,
1. intensity, as of colors, silence, or emotion
2. profundity of thought
3. lowness of pitch
the middle part: the depth of winter
the far inner or inmost part: the depths of a wood
the deep or deepest part, as of the sea
1. the most extreme degree, as of despair
2. a low state or condition: shocked that their principles had fallen to such depths
reserve strength, as of suitable substitute players for a team

See depth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(dĕpth)

noun

The condition or quality of being deep.
a. The extent, measurement, or dimension downward, backward, or inward: dove to a depth of 30 feet; shelves with enough depth to store the large boxes.
b. The measurement or sense of distance from an observation point, such as linear perspective in painting.
A deep part or place. Often used in the plural: the ocean depths; in the depths of the forest.
a. The most profound or intense part or stage: the depth of despair; an experience that touched the depths of tragedy.
b. Intensity; force: had not realized the depth of their feelings for one another.
The severest or worst part: in the depth of an economic depression.
A low point, level, or degree: Production has fallen to new depths.
Intellectual complexity or penetration; profundity: a novel of great depth.
The range of one's understanding or competence: I am out of my depth when it comes to cooking.
Strength held in reserve, especially a supply of skilled or capable replacements: a team with depth at every position.
The degree of richness or intensity: depth of color.
Lowness in pitch.
Complete detail; thoroughness: the depth of her research; an interview conducted in great depth.

See depth in Ologies

Depth

See also heights.

Oceanography. a device for ascertaining the depth of water.

bathyclinograph

a device for ascertaining vertical currents in the deeper parts of the sea.

the measurement of the depths of oceans, seas, or other large bodies of water. —bathymetric, bathymetrical. adj.

bathyscaphe, bathyscaph

Oceanography. a small, modified submarine for deep-sea exploration, usually having a spherical observation chamber fixed under a buoyancy chamber.

Oceanography. a spherical diving apparatus from which to study deep-sea life.

bathythermograph

a device that records the temperature of water as a reflex of depth.

1. the depths or bottom of the sea.

2. organic life that inhabits the bottom of the sea.

benthoscope

an apparatus for surveying the depths or bottom of the sea.

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