DEPRESSIONS

Noun

depressions

plural of depression

Anagrams

• sidepersons

Source: Wiktionary

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DEPRESSION

De*pres"sion, n. Etym: [L. depressio: cf. F. dépression.]

1. The act of depressing.

2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.

3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit. Baker.

6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

7. (Astron.)

Definition: The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

8. (Math.)

Definition: The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

9. (Surg.)

Definition: A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane.

– Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere.

– Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator.

– Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.

Syn.

– Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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