Depths vs. Depth

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

Example: ‘The burning ship finally sank into the depths.’;

(literary) A very remote part.

Example: ‘Into the depths of the jungle...’; ‘In the depths of the night,’;

(of an emotion, mystery) The lowest point, all-time low, nadir.

Example: ‘to plumb the depths of despair’; ‘to stir someone to his depths’;

The most severe or involved period.

Example: ‘in the depths of the crisis’; ‘in the depths of winter’;

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

Example: ‘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.

Example: ‘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

Example: ‘the depth of a sound’;

the total palette of available colors

the property of appearing three-dimensional

Example: ‘The depth of field in this picture is amazing.’;

the deepest part usually of a body of water

Example: ‘The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.’;

a very remote part.

Example: ‘Into the depths of the jungle...’; ‘In the depths of the night,’;

the most severe part

Example: ‘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

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

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

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.

Example: ‘Mindful of that heavenly loveWhich knows no end in depth or height.’;

Lowness; as, depth of sound.

That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

Example: ‘From you unclouded depth above.’; ‘The depth closed me round about.’;

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

A pair of toothed wheels which work together.

The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.

the maximum number of times a type of procedure is reiteratively called before the last call is exited; - of subroutines or procedures which are reentrant; - used of call stacks.

extent downward or backward or inward;

Example: ‘the depth of the water’; ‘depth of a shelf’; ‘depth of a closet’;

degree of psychological or intellectual depth

(usually plural) the deepest and most remote part;

Example: ‘from the depths of darkest Africa’; ‘signals received from the depths of space’;

(usually plural) a low moral state;

Example: ‘he had sunk to the depths of addiction’;

the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas