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depth (plural depths)
- The vertical distance below a surface; the amount that 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, or situation.
- The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone.
- The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated.
- (computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.
- (art, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.
- The depth of field in this picture is amazing.
- (statistics) The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values.
| Examples (statistics) |
|
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 |
|
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vertical distance below a surface
