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

}}

Noun

(varieties)

The quality of being varied; diversity.

A specific variation of something.

A number of different things.

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A state of constant change.

(taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.

(cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.

(cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.

(linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.

The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.