depth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛpθ/
rhymes: -ɛpθ
Forms: form: depths
Etymology: From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots deepth (“depth”), Saterland Frisian Djüpte (“depth”), West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte (“depth”), German Low German, Limburgish Deepde (“depth”), Luxembourgish Déift (“depth”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic djúp, dýpi, dýpt (“depth”), Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, djupt, dypt (“depth”), Swedish djup (“depth”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”).
Senses: examples: text: Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
synonyms: deepness
lowness
glosses: the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
glosses: the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
examples: text: The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
text: The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
text: We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge.
glosses: the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
examples: text: the depth of a sound
glosses: lowness
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: colors
glosses: the total palette of available colors
examples: text: The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
topics: art
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: the property of appearing three-dimensional
examples: text: The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
glosses: the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
examples: text: Into the depths of the jungle...
text: In the depths of the night,
glosses: a very remote part.
examples: text: in the depth of the crisis
text: in the depths of winter
glosses: the most severe part
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: a pair of toothed wheels which work together
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
Synonyms: sense: deep place
word: abyss
sense: deep place
word: bottom
sense: deep place
word: bathos
sense: deep place
word: nadir
Derived terms: beyond one's depth
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
depthscraper
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
palaeodepth
paleodepth
Secchi depth
strategic depth
test depth
Related terms: deep