Depth

Depth(s) may refer to:

  • Three-dimensional space
  • Depth (ring theory), an important invariant of rings and modules in commutative and homological algebra
  • Depth in a well, the measurement between two points in an oil well
  • Color depth (or "number of bits" or "bit depth") in computer graphics
  • Market depth, in financial markets, the size of an order needed to move the market a given amount
  • Moulded depth, a nautical measurement

In art and entertainment:

  • Depths (novel), a novel by Henning Mankell
  • Depths (album), an album by Oceano
  • "Depths" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  • Depth, the Japanese title for the PlayStation game released in Europe under the name Fluid

Famous quotes containing the word depth:

    “Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience; and casts light into the cavern through which he worked his cause up to the cheerful day.”
    —Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)

    “People who comprehend a thing in all its depth seldom remain true to it forever. For they have brought its very depth to light: and there is always so much nastiness to see there.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “You are now
    In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow
    At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore
    Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more.
    Yet in its depth what treasures!”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)