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depth
Nautical the distance from the top of a ship's keel to the top of a particular deck

depth [depth]
(naval architecture)
The vertical distance amidships from the upper surface of the flat plate keel to the underside of the plating of a specified deck at ship's side.
(oceanography)
The vertical distance from a specified sea level to the sea floor.


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We have, therefore, a well of sixty feet in diameter to dig down to a depth of nine hundred feet.
"No," said the Depth of Degradation, "they have already fallen to me.
It was now but 140 degrees, although we had penetrated to a depth of nearly four miles.
 
 
 
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