depth

noun15

1. •
   the distance from the surface of something straight down to its lowest point

   • Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
2. •
   the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
3. •
   the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface
4. •
   [usually plural] the deepest part (usually of a body of water)

   • The burning ship finally sunk into the depths.
5. •
   [usually plural] a very remote part.

   • Into the depths of the jungle...
6. •
   the most severe part
7. •
   (figurative) 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.
8. •
   the property of appearing three-dimensional

   • The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
9. •
   lowness
10. •
    the total palette of available colors
11. •
    the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values
12. •
    the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
13. •
    An invariant of rings and modules, encoding information about dimensionality; see Depth (ring theory).
14. •
    A set of more than one ciphertext enciphered with the same key.
15. •
    a pair of toothed wheels which work together