English-Danish translations for depth

• afgrund
  Han har tilmed kastet det, der engang var en af Afrikas stærkeste økonomier, ud i fortvivlelsens afgrund. Not only that, but he has reduced what was once one of the strongest economies in Africa to the depths of despair.
• dybde
  For mig betyder "dimension" dybde, det betyder muligheder. For me, 'dimension' means depth, it means scope.
  Nu, hvor vi har etableret EU, skal vi også give Unionen større dybde. Now that we have enlarged the European Union, we also need to give it more depth.
  Så der er altså - som den videnskabelige dokumentation viser - sårbare økosystemer på den dybde. So there are vulnerable ecosystems - as shown by scientific evidence - at that depth.

Definition of depth

• the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
• the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
• lowness
• the total palette of available colors
• the deepest part
• a very remote part
• the most severe part
• the number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content
• the perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface

Examples

• Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay
• The depth of her misery was apparent to everyone
• The depth of the crisis had been exaggerated
• We were impressed by the depth of her knowledge
• the depth of a sound
• The depth of field in this picture is amazing
• The burning ship finally sunk into the depths
• Into the depths of the jungle
• In the depths of the night
• in the depth of the crisis
• in the depths of winter

Related words

• depths
• in-depth
• depth of field
• depth charge
• depth psychology
• depth gauge
• depth contour
• depth line
• depth of hold