Definition of "depth"

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep  examples

the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet  examples

(figuratively) the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc.  examples

lowness  examples

(computing, colors) the total palette of available colors  examples

(art, photography) the property of appearing three-dimensional  examples

(literary, usually in the plural) the deepest part (usually of a body of water)  examples

(literary, usually in the plural) a very remote part.  examples

the most severe part  examples

(logic) the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content  examples

(horology) a pair of toothed wheels which work together

(aeronautics) the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface  examples

(statistics) the lower of the two ranks of a value in an ordered set of values  examples