0 the distance down either from the top of something to the bottom, or to a distance below the top surface of something: --
1 the state of having serious qualities or the ability to think seriously about something: --
Jo has hidden depths (= serious qualities that you do not see immediately).
Her writing shows astonishing depth.
Terry lacks depth - he's a very superficial person.
3 the fact of a feeling, state, or characteristic being strong, extreme, or detailed: --
5 the fact of something, especially a colour, having the quality of being dark and strong: --
He even attempted to define absolute depths of his brachiopod-dominated 'communities'.
Variations in these ratios reflect the different degrees and depths of partial melting and/or differences in source composition.
Further, let the velocities and depths at any position in the final steady-state flow be vl, v2, y1 and y2 respectively.
A countercurrent is produced a t lower depths.
As a result, diffusion will be the dominant transport process over some range of depths.
The equilibrium depths (open symbols) are also shown in figure 19.
Undisturbed core samples were taken at a randomly selected location within each net plot, and at four depths (0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 m).
The endless depths of the forest traditionally harboured outlaws and other terrors.