Depression of the visible horizon
- Depression of the visible horizon
- Depression De*pres"sion, n. [L. depressio: cf. F.
d['e]pression.]
1. The act of depressing.
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2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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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.
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4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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5. Dejection; despondency; lowness.
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In a great depression of spirit. --Baker.
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6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below
the horizon.
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8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; --
said of equations.
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9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See
{Couch}, v. t., 8.
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{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.
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