depth — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

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   deepnesslowness

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   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

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

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   The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.

   The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.

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   We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.

4. lowness

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   the depth of a sound

5. the total palette of available colors

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6. the property of appearing three-dimensional

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   The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

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

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   The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.

8. a very remote part.

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   Into the depths of the jungle...

   In the depths of the night,

9. the most severe part

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   in the depth of the crisis

   in the depths of winter

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

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11. a pair of toothed wheels which work together

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

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

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14. A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.

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15. An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).

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Substantiv

1. the extent downward or backward or inward

   Synonyme

   deepness

   Oberbegriffe

   extent

   Beispiele

   the depth of the water

   depth of a shelf

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   depth of a closet

2. degree of psychological or intellectual profundity

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   degreegradelevel

3. (usually plural) a low moral state

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   abasementdegradationabjection

   Beispiele

   he had sunk to the depths of addiction

4. the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

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   astutenessprofundityprofoundnessdeepness

   Oberbegriffe

   wisdomsapience

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

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   attribute

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   the depth of his breathing

   the depth of his sighs

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   the depth of his emotion