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/dɛpθ/
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dɛpθ
Noun
the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
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Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
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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.
lowness
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the depth of a sound
the total palette of available colors
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the property of appearing three-dimensional
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The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
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The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
a very remote part.
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Into the depths of the jungle...
In the depths of the night,
the most severe part
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in the depth of the crisis
in the depths of winter
the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
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a pair of toothed wheels which work together
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the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
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the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
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A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
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An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
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Noun
the extent downward or backward or inward
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the depth of the water
depth of a shelf
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depth of a closet
degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
(usually plural) a low moral state
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he had sunk to the depths of addiction
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
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the depth of his breathing
the depth of his sighs
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the depth of his emotion