'Depression of the visible horizon' definitions:
Definition of 'Depression of the visible horizon'
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- Depression \De*pres"sion\, n. [L. depressio: cf. F. d['e]pression.]
- 1. The act of depressing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Dejection; despondency; lowness. [1913 Webster]
- In a great depression of spirit. --Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. [1913 Webster]
- Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane.
- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degrees 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.
- Syn: Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy. [1913 Webster]