Definition of depth

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Depth (n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

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Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel..
Deep :: Deep (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of..
Fathom :: Fathom (n.) The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration..
Drop :: Drop (n.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
Isobathytherm :: Isobathytherm (n.) A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth.
Taproot :: Taproot (n.) The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.
Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..
File :: File (n.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks..
Hydrobarometer :: Hydrobarometer (n.) An instrument for determining the depth of the sea water by its pressure.
Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head..
Bathymetrical :: Bathymetrical (a.) Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea..
Probe :: Probe (n.) An instrument for examining the depth or other circumstances of a wound, ulcer, or cavity, or the direction of a sinus, of for exploring for bullets, for stones in the bladder, etc..
Abyss :: Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit..
Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..
Water Gauge :: Water gauge () An instrument for measuring or ascertaining the depth or quantity of water, or for indicating the height of its surface, as in the boiler of a steam engine. See Gauge..
Depth :: Depth (n.) Lowness; as, depth of sound..
Density :: Density (n.) Depth of shade.
Geothermometer :: Geothermometer (n.) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
Lightness :: Lightness (n.) Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion..
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