(n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.
(n.) Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.
(n.) Lowness; as, depth of sound.
(n.) That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.
(n.) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
(n.) A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
Example Sentences:
(1) He spoke words of power and depth and passion – and he spoke with a gesture, too.
(2) Intestinal glands are not observed until 8.5cm, and are shallow in depth even in the adult.
(3) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(4) They were like some great show, the gas squeezing up from the depths of the oil well to be consumed in flame against the intense black horizon, like some great dragon.
(5) Tunnel-like formations at different depths of the oral epithelium contained higher numbers of bacteria than those seen on the adjacent oral surface.
(6) The carcinoma and lymphoma of the stomach were both small, and the depth of invasion was localized to the mucosa and submucosa, respectively.
(7) The enzyme profile of the epidermis was investigated in relation to depth.
(8) That's why the Trussell Trust has been calling for an in depth inquiry into the causes of food poverty.
(9) In each of the four study sites, focus group discussions or in-depth interviews were held with potential acceptors, current NORPLANT users, discontinuers, husbands of women in these three groups, and service providers.
(10) A small number of individuals operated during adolescence had also a shorter depth of the maxilla similarly as patients operated upon during early childhood.
(11) Dioptric aniseikonia was calculated between 1 month and 24 months after surgery (with Gruber's and Huber's computer program) on the basis of most recently obtained values (bulb axis length, depth of the anterior chamber, lens thickness, necessary refraction), and compared with subjective measurements taken with the phase difference haploscope.
(12) Depth was expressed as one of four levels: Level I, not deeper than the muscularis mucosa; Level 2, involving but not deeper than submucosa; Level 3, involving but not deeper than muscularis propria; and Level 4, involving periesophageal soft tissue.
(13) Thoughtful use of downloadable content provided depth too.
(14) Lesion dimensions ranged between 3.14 and 3.79 mm in diameter and 0.20 and 0.47 mm in depth.
(15) He said the system had been successfully deployed at depths of 365 metres after hurricane Katrina, but not by a BP crew.
(16) Pulmonary ventilation parameters (breathing depth, frequency and minute volume, and alveolar ventilation) of 5 healthy male test subjects who performed a 20-minute tilt test were analyzed.
(17) Furthermore, changes between merely perceived identical parts can result in apparent depth.
(18) More recently, Echinacea angustifolia - a wildflower native to North America and related to the daisy - was studied in depth by the Eclectics, a group of American medical herbalists practising from the 1850s to the 1930s.
(19) The results of this study indicate that, with all other factors held constant, a patient's attrition score tends to: increase with age, increase with bite depth, decrease initially with overjet until a critical value and then increase, and be unaffected by sex, interincisal angle, U1 to NA angle, Angle classification, posterior or anterior cross bites.
(20) The effects of the depth of injection and of skin temperature on the latency, magnitude, and duration of itch were examined.
Draught
Definition:
(n.) The act of drawing or pulling
(n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.
(n.) The drawing of a bowstring.
(n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
(n.) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
(n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
(n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.
(n.) That which is drawn
(n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
(n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
(n.) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
(n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
(n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
(n.) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney.
(n.) That which draws
(n.) A team of oxen or horses.
(n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
(n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.
(n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
(n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
(n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4.
(n.) A move, as at chess or checkers.
(n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
(n.) See Draft, n., 7.
(a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.
(a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.
(a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
(a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like.
(v. t.) To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.
(v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
(v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
Example Sentences:
(1) In order to investigate the effect of food intake on the amount of fluid ingested and the intervals between draughts and the effect of fluid intake on the amount of food ingested and the intervals between meals, the eating, drinking, and core temperature of 15 adult male rats were continuously monitored for 14 days.
(2) Lester Young often commented that “I feel a draught” when he sensed a racist atmosphere, and his personality became radically more insular after the abuse he suffered in the US army in 1945.
(3) There's a vintage woodburing stove, no TV, a seafood menu rich in local produce, including Glenbeigh oysters, and a top-notch brew on draught in Tom Crean's lager, the sole beer made by Dingle Brewing Company (dinglebrewingcompany.com).
(4) The brace has strong anti-bending strength and draught force.
(5) So they got rid of the car, installed low-energy bulbs , insulation and draught-proofing, and a year-and-a-half ago they bought a wood-burning stove .
(6) The results of a series of cold challenges to the hand, repeated on a normal subject in a temperature-controlled room and in other parts of a rheumatology ward, show very good reproducibility outside the temperature-controlled room, provided that the immediate environment is draught-free.
(7) In general, though, the apparent harmony between government policy and Ofsted's work may be traceable to a much simpler matter of mindset: its head, Michael Wilshaw, is the former head of the Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and prone to sound as if he has imbibed a huge draught of whatever the education secretary, Michael Gove, is drinking.
(8) But that may be the least of Ukip’s woes as it sups the bitter draught of victory.
(9) Relief from the complaints is improved by physiotherapy and by avoiding the detrimental influence of bad posture, nervous stress, air draughts, cold chills etc.
(10) Muscle fibre recruitment was investigated during draught loaded exercise by studying glycogen depletion patterns from histochemical stains of muscle biopsies from the gluteus and semitendinosus muscles.
(11) The increase in metabolic requirements during the three levels of draught exercise was associated with increases in arterial hemoglobin concentration and oxygen content of blood.
(12) Draught-free homes are comfortable at lower temperatures, so you'll be able to turn down your thermostat, which could save another £55 a year.
(13) In particular, connections between population and presence of some fish species draughted has been studied, considering ecological, reproductive and trophic habits of fishes, in order to value relations between the influence these populations exert on fishing and biological characteristics of the quantitatively more meaningful fish species.
(14) The same gift of the gab that a good hotel manager deploys to schmooze an irate guest complaining about draughts made the difference between life and death; he cajoled and coaxed, flattered and deceived, lied and bribed.
(15) It was concluded that high oxidative capacity is of importance both for fast trotting and for draught work.
(16) The major clinical conditions encountered were those which adversely affect the performance of draught animals and those causing infertility.
(17) The role of camels in transport and draught is discussed.
(18) A cart equipped with an odometer, for measuring distance, and a hydraulic dynamometer, for measuring draught force, was used.
(19) Cask beer aside, Fringe majors on continental and Belgian bottles, with the likes of Duvel, Leffe and Timmerman's on draught, as well as real perries and ciders.
(20) Draught whisky and whisky in cans – available in vending machines in Japan to consumers with an ID smartcard to prove their age – are still a long way off in the west.