Depth - Definition

n 1: the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of
the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" [syn:
depth, deepness]
2: degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
3: (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the
depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths
of space"
4: (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the
depths of addiction"
5: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas [syn:
astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth,
deepness]
6: the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense;
"the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the
depth of his emotion"