Depression — Defs

01 n. The act of depressing.

1.
The act of depressing.
2.
The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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.
4.
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
5.
Dejection; despondency; lowness.
“In a great depression of spirit.” — Baker.
6.
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
7.
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.(Astron.)
8.
The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.(Math.)
9.
A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.(Surg.) See: Couch

Phrases & compounds

Angle of depression — one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane.

Depression of the dewpoint — 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 — Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip.