DEPTHS

depths

(noun) (plural) the deepest and most remote part; “from the depths of darkest Africa”; “signals received from the depths of space”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

depths

plural of depth

(literary) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)

(literary) A very remote part.

(of an emotion, mystery) The lowest point, all-time low, nadir.

The most severe or involved period.

Usage notes

• Since the meaning is superlative, it is almost always used with the definite article the.

Source: Wiktionary

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DEPTH

Depth, n. Etym: [From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d, d, Goth. diupi.]

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.

2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color. Mindful of that heavenly love Which knows no end in depth or height. Keble.

3. Lowness; as, depth of sound.

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. From you unclouded depth above. Keble. The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.

5. (Logic)

Definition: The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

6. (Horology)

Definition: A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]

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 sail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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