Depth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Depth	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Depth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depth n the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" Synonym(s): depth, deepness degree of psychological or intellectual profundity (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space" (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction" the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas Synonym(s): astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense; "the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depth \Depth\, n. (A[89]ronautics) The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depth \Depth\ (s[ecr]pth), n. [From {Deep}; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d[ymac]pt, d[ymac]p[edh], Goth. diupi[thorn]a.] 1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops. 2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color. Mindful of that heavenly love Which knows no end in depth or height. --Keble. 3. Lowness; as, depth of sound. 4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter. From you unclouded depth above. --Keble. The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5. 5. (Logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content. 6. (Horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]