English Dictionary

depth

/dɛpθ/

noun

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep / the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet

The depth of the ocean is unknown.

意味（1）

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.

意味（2）

the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet

意味（3）

(figuratively) the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.

The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.

意味（4）

lowness

the depth of a sound

意味（5）

(computing, colors) the total palette of available colors

意味（6）

(art, photography) the property of appearing three-dimensional

The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

意味（7）

(literary, usually in the plural) the deepest part (usually of a body of water)

The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.

意味（8）

(literary, usually in the plural) a very remote part.

Into the depths of the jungle...

意味（9）

the most severe part

in the depth of the crisis

意味（10）

(logic) the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content

意味（11）

(horology) a pair of toothed wheels which work together

意味（12）

(aeronautics) the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

意味（13）

(statistics) the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values