n. [ From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d&ymacr_;pt, d&ymacr_;pð, Goth. diupiþa. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color. [ 1913 Webster ] Mindful of that heavenly love
Which knows no end in depth or height. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Lowness; as, depth of sound. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] From you unclouded depth above. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ] The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. (Horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 7. (Aëronautics) The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 8. (Computers) 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. [ PJC ]
Depth of a sail (Naut.), the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; -- commonly called the drop of a sail. [ 1913 Webster ]
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