# depth
## English
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /dɛpθ/
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* Rhymes: -ɛpθ

### Noun

depth (countable and uncountable, plural depths)
* the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
    Synonyms: deepness, lowness
    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
* (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).
Examples (statistics) :
| | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values | Ordered Batch of 9 Values |
| Value | 15 | 32 | 45 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 69 | 77 | 97 |
| Depth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

#### Synonyms

* (deep place): abyss, bottom, bathos, nadir

#### Derived terms

* 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 gauge
* depthie
* depth interview
* depthless
* depthness
* depth of field
* depth of focus
* depth peeling
* depth perception
* depth-psychology
* depth psychology
* depth sounder
* depthwise
* design depth
* double play depth
* focal depth
* indepth
* in-depth
* in depth
* normal depth
* operating depth
* optical depth
* out of one's depth
* palaeodepth
* paleodepth
* Secchi depth
* strategic depth
* test depth

#### Related terms

* deep