Depth, n. (Aëronautics)
The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point
of an arched surface.
Depth (s&ebreve;pth), n. [From
Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d&ymacr;pt,
d&ymacr;pð, Goth. diupiþa.]
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) The number of simple
elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the
comprehension or content.
6. (Horology) 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 a sail.
Depth, n. (Aëronautics)
The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point
of an arched surface.
