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Meaning of 'depression'
Meaning of 'depression' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Depression 
[ n.]
- The act of depressing. [ n.]- The state of being depressed; a sinking.
- A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
- Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
- Dejection; despondency; lowness.
- Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
- The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
- The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
- A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
Meaning of 'depression' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. depression [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Example in sentence:
- a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Meaning (2):
- pushing down
- pushing down
Example in sentence:
- depression of the space bar on the typewriter
Meaning (3):
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
Example in sentence:
- he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
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