DEPRESSION
\dɪpɹˈɛʃən], \dɪpɹˈɛʃən], \d_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEPRESSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a sunken or depressed geological formation
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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
By Princeton University
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sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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a sunken or depressed geological formation
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a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of depressing.
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The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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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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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
By Oddity Software
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The act of depressing.
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The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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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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Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
By Noah Webster.
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Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Depressor.
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The act of making lower; the sinking or falling in of a surface; low spirits; dulness of trade; as, business depression.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Depressor.
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Depressive.
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The act of depressing, or the state of being depressed; low spirits or vitality; dejection; melancholy.
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That which is depressed; a low or hollow place.
By James Champlin Fernald
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1. A sinking below the surrounding level. 2. A hollow or sunken area. 3. Dejection, a sinking of spirits.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of depressing; state of being depressed; a hollow; a low state; the act of humbling; a sinking of the spirits; a low state of strength, or of business; the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon; the pointing of any piece of ordnance, so that its shot may be projected under the point-blank line; couching. Depression of the pole, its approach to the horizon, as the spectator recedes from it toward the equator. The depression of an equation, the reduction of the equation to one of lower dimensious.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A hollow the sinking in of a part of a surface; a sinking of the spirits; a low state of trade or business.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Depressio, Impressio, from deprimere, depressum (de and premere), 'to depress;' Esphlasis. In Anatomy, it means an excavation, hollow, or fossa. In Surgery, it is applied to a fracture of the cranium, in which the portions of fractured bone are forced inwards; (F.) Subgrondation, Entablement; called also, Catapiesis, Campsis Deprcssio, Thlasis Depressio. Depression, (F.) Abaissement, means Couching. -See Cataract. Depression also means dejection or dejectedness -Ademonia, Ademosyue, Demissio animi.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A hollow, a low plane or part.
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The act of depressing a part.
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The state of being depressed, either physically, e. g., a fragment of the skull, or in the sense of a reduction of strength or of hopefulness.
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Couching; an operation for cataract, consisting in the removal of the opaque lens out of the axis of vision by means of a needle.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Act of pressing, or state of being pressed down;—a hollow or cavity;—a falling in or sinking of the surface;—a low state of the mind or spirits; sadness; dejection; despondency;—the act of putting down; humiliation; abasement;—a low state of business or trade;—angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon;—the operation of reducing equations to a lower degree;—a method of operating for cataract; couching.
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