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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
depression
n 1: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of
inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity [ant:
elation]
2: a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and
low prices and low levels of trade and investment [syn:
depression, slump, economic crisis]
3: a sunken or depressed geological formation [syn: natural
depression, depression] [ant: elevation, natural
elevation]
4: sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
5: a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic
depression and mass unemployment [syn: Depression, Great
Depression]
6: an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a
low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow" [syn: low,
depression]
7: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require
clinical intervention [syn: depressive disorder, clinical
depression, depression]
8: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
depression, impression, imprint]
9: angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial
object)
10: pushing down; "depression of the space bar on the
typewriter"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Depression \De*pres"sion\, n. [L. depressio: cf. F.
d['e]pression.]
1. The act of depressing.
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2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true
place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in
little protuberances and depressions.
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4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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5. Dejection; despondency; lowness.
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In a great depression of spirit. --Baker.
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6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below
the horizon.
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8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; --
said of equations.
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9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See
Couch, v. t., 8.
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Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line
makes with a horizontal plane.
Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degrees
that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of
the atmosphere.
Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the
spectator goes toward the equator.
Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip
of the horizon, under Dip.
Syn: Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation;
dejection; melancholy.
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Thesaurus Results for depression:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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