Noun

(en noun)

An abstract sphere of influence, real or imagined.

* 1907 , Tada Kanai, translated by Arthur Lloyd, Seven Buddhist Sermons , ""

Why should we despise anything in the realm of Buddha?

* 2006 , Christian Neef, " Diary of a Collapsing Superpower", Spiegel Magazine , November 22,

At home in Moscow, Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev, who had launched a campaign to rejuvenate the Soviet realm  

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The domain of a certain abstraction.

* 1922 , Judson Eber Conant,The Church The Schools and Evolution , "",

One thing more which the scientific man does is to accord primacy to that realm of truth which is primary in importance.

(formal, or, legal) A territory or state, as ruled by a specific power, and particularly those territories ruled by a king.

* 1874 , ,

And, of this island realm , he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.

* 1913 , Leslie Alexander Toke, Catholic Encyclopedia , "",

Then seeing his life was threatened he fled the realm and crossed over to Flanders,

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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