DEPRESSION

Definitions

1. 1. The act of depressing.
2. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
3. 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. 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
5. 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. In a great depression of spirit. Baker.
6. 6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
7. 7. The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
8. 8. The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
9. 9. A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t.,
10. 10. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degreees 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.