depth

n. ஆழம், ஆழமாயிருத்தல், ஆழ அளவு, மேல்கீழ் தொலையளுவ, உள்ளாழ்வளவு, அகழ்வளவு, உள்ளாழம், ஆழ்தடம், ஆழ்கசம், ஆழமுடைய நீர்நிலை, உள்ளிடம், நடுப்பகதி, திட்பம், செறிவு, முனைப்பு, மறை புதிர்மை, கருத்தாழம், ஆழ் உணர்வு.

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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) Defn: The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content. 6. (Horology) Defn: 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.

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