Noun

(en noun)

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.

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

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

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.

Lowness.

the depth of a sound

(computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.

(arts, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.

The depth of field in this picture is amazing.

(literary, usually plural) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)

The burning ship finally sunk into the depths .

(literary, usually plural) A very remote part.

Into the depths of the jungle...

In the depths of the night,

The most severe part.

in the depth of the crisis

in the depths of winter

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

(horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.

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

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	Ordered Batch of 9 Values
Value	15	32	45	48	49	56	69	77	97
Depth	1	2	3	4	5	4	3	2	1

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Noun

The distance from the base of something to the top.

* Robert Frost

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

* , chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

The highest point or maximum degree.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 29, author=Neil Johnston, title=Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn

, work=BBC Sport citation , passage=If City never quite reached the heights of their 6-1 demolition of United, then Roberto Mancini's side should still have had this game safe long before Johnson restored their two-goal advantage.}}

(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.