(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.
Scope
Definition:
(n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.
(n.) Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
(n.) Extended area.
(n.) Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
(v. t.) To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.
Example Sentences:
(1) Asthma is probably the commonest chronic disease in the United Kingdom, and its attendant morbidity extends outside the possible scope of the hospital sector.
(2) The scope and limitations of the procedure and its complications should be carefully explained to the parents, as should the risk of the detectable genetic disorder compared with the risk of the diagnostic procedure.
(3) Abe’s longstanding efforts toward those goals, which include the successful passage of a state secrets act and efforts to expand the scope of Japan’s military activities have already damaged relations with China.
(4) In the scope of our research about the antimicrobial activity of aldehyde-amin-condensates a number of partly new unsymmetrically substituted animals was synthesized by reaction of formaldehyde with different secondary amines.
(5) Absent English-language material tends to be ephemeral or otherwise out of scope for the resource libraries.
(6) The use of different theoretical models is discussed, taking into consideration their specific scope and drawbacks.
(7) Our discussion has dealt with the nature of our field as a science and also as a discipline, the nature of the training for it, the nature of its research, and the nature and scope of its professional practice.
(8) But even away from this disaster, facts about the industry's cost and scope to meet Europe's energy needs should be enough to give nuclear supporters pause.
(9) The particular problems of reference methods for the determination of the catalytic activity concentration of enzymes are outside the scope of this review.
(10) Obama permitted them to operate with minimal restriction, proliferating the physical scope of the global war on terrorism to Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Libya, Mali and Niger and the digital scope around the world.
(11) These results extend the scope of immunologic circadian rhythms to the reticuloendothelial system as a feature of a bioperiodic defense mechanism, most active during the habitual rest light span of nocturnally active mice.
(12) While the results reflect antiandrogenic and antispermatogenic action of V. rosea, the selective retention of the spermatogonia provides scope for the much desired revival of spermatogenesis on cessation of the treatment.
(13) Also, longer term interest rates in the eurozone are already very low, which reduces the scope for QE to influence financial markets by pushing down bond yields.
(14) It would also be likely to lend scope to ill-conceived prosecutions jeopardising ordinary free speech rights, such as the notorious Twitter Joke Trial .
(15) Successful applicants will carry out further scoping work to decide where exactly to build the farms before submitting planning applications.
(16) Until we can effectively prevent vertical transmission of HIV, the scope of the AIDS epidemic in children will reflect that of HIV infection in women of childbearing age.
(17) As I outlined during our meeting, I believe we can strengthen both of our companies by bringing them together, enhancing their worldwide scale and scope, and capitalizing on significant opportunities, building on the position of Kraft Foods Inc. ("Kraft Foods") as a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals for the benefit of all of our respective stakeholders.
(18) The nurse executive's role can be viewed from many perspectives: its scope, its value, its structure, its content.
(19) This program engages more medical professions and represents an integral part of multilateral medical measures with the purpose of realizing health policy and its main scope, i.e.
(20) Bates also rebuked the agency for misrepresenting the true scope of a major collection program for the third time in three years.