depth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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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, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.
Base: deep
Affixes: -th
Inflected forms:
form: depths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
gloss: the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: lowness
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the depth of a sound
gloss: the total palette of available colors
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: the property of appearing three-dimensional
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
gloss: the deepest part (usually of a body of water)
pos: noun
tags: countable
literary
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
gloss: a very remote part.
pos: noun
tags: countable
literary
plural-normally
uncountable
examples: Into the depths of the jungle...
In the depths of the night,
gloss: the most severe part
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: in the depth of the crisis
in the depths of winter
gloss: the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: a pair of toothed wheels which work together
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: deep
Derived words: 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
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