Phrase Hound found 37 phrases and 13 compound words that contain depth. The most common are listed below. Open depth in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 37
- depth of fieldThe distance in front of and behind the subject that appears to be in focus.
- color depthThe number of bits per pixel used to store color information in an image.
- depth chargeA form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
- Depth Analysis
- optical depthThe natural logarithm of the ratio of amount of radiation that hits an object to the amount of radiation that emerges from that object on the other side.
- bit depthThe number of bits (binary digits) used to represent the colour of a single pixel.
- strategic depthThe distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' core industrial areas, capital cities, or heartlands.
- defense in depthAlternative form of defence in depth: A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.
- depth psychologyAn approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.
- depth-first searchAn algorithm for traversing a tree or graph where one starts at the root and explores as far as possible along each branch before backtracking.
- depth chargesplural of depth charge: A form of bomb, launched from a ship or dropped from an aircraft, that is designed to detonate at a certain depth underwater for the purposes of attacking a submerged enemy, especially a submarine.
- test depthThe maximum depth at which a submarine is permitted to operate in peacetime.
- defence in depthA strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.
- depth chargedsimple past and past participle of depth charge
- depth sounderA device using echo sounding to measure the depth of a body of water
- depth bombSynonym of depth charge (“form of bomb”).
- depth gaugeAn instrument to measure depth below a vertical reference surface. It is commonly used in underwater diving.
- depth perceptionThe ability to perceive distance to objects in the world using the visual system and visual perception.
- focal depthThe depth below the Earth's surface of the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- depth chargingpresent participle and gerund of depth charge
- out of one's depthIn water so deep that one cannot stand and may be at risk of drowning.
- Secchi depthA measure of the turbidity of a body of water; the depth at which a Secchi disk is no longer visible.
- crush depthThe depth at which a submarine's pressure hull will collapse under external water pressure, causing the submarine to implode.
- design depthThe maximum depth at which a submarine is designed to be able to operate safely.
- normal depthThe final depth of water in an open channel that is subject to continuous uniform flow
Compound words 13
- depthometerAn instrument for measuring the depth of water or other liquids.
- depthnessSynonym of depth: the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
- depthwiseDirected across the depth of an object or place.
- codepthThe Krull dimension minus the depth.
- depthscraperSynonym of earthscraper (“type of underground building”).
- depthyDeep; profound.
- depthenTo increase the depth of; make deep or deeper
- depthieSynonym of deepie (“a three-dimensional motion picture”).
- depthlessHaving no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine; immeasurably deep.
- paleodepthDepth of an ocean deposit at a particular time in the geologic past