Depressionnoun
(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
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(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
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(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
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(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
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(economics) A period of major economic contraction.
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Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
Depressionnoun
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
Depressionnoun
A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
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The act of depressing.
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The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Dejection; despondency; lowness.
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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
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a sunken or depressed geological formation
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
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a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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pushing down;
Indentationnoun
The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Indentationnoun
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything
Indentationnoun
A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Indentationnoun
(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
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A measure of the distance from the flush line
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The act of indenting or state of being indented.
Indentationnoun
A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc.
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A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Indentationnoun
The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
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a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
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the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
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the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
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the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions