depression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: depression	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for depression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depression n a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity Antonym(s): elation a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment Synonym(s): depression, slump, economic crisis a sunken or depressed geological formation Synonym(s): natural depression, depression Antonym(s): elevation, natural elevation sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment Synonym(s): Depression, Great Depression an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" Synonym(s): low, depression a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention Synonym(s): depressive disorder, clinical depression, depression a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" Synonym(s): depression, impression, imprint angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the typewriter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depression \Depres"sion\, n. [L. depressio: cf. F. d[82]pression.] 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions. 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression* of spirit. --Baker. 6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. 7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. 8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. 9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See {Couch}, v. t., 8. {Angle of depression} (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. {Depression of the dewpoint} (Meteor.), the number of degrees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. {Depression of the pole}, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. {Depression of the visible horizon}. (Astron.) Same as {Dip of the horizon}, under {Dip}. Syn: Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.