depth

  1. Noun.  The vertical distance below a surface; the amount that something is deep.
  2. Noun.  The distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet.
  3. Noun.  (figuratively) The intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, or situation.
  4. Noun.  (computing, colors) The total palette of available colors.
  5. Noun.  (arts, photography) The property of appearing three-dimensional.
  6. Noun.  (literary, usually plural) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.).
  7. Noun.  (literary, usually plural) A very remote part.
  8. Noun.  The most severe part.
  9. Noun.  (statistics) The lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values.

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