Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - depression
Depression
depression
n. 1 a Psychol. a state of extreme dejection or morbidly excessive melancholy; a mood of hopelessness and feelings of inadequacy, often with physical symptoms. b a reduction in vitality, vigour, or spirits. 2 a a long period of financial and industrial decline; a slump. b (the Depression) the depression of 1929-34. 3 Meteorol. a lowering of atmospheric pressure, esp. the centre of a region of minimum pressure or the system of winds round it. 4 a sunken place or hollow on a surface. 5 a a lowering or sinking (often foll. by of : depression of freezing-point). b pressing down. 6 Astron. & Geog. the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane. Etymology: ME f. OF or L depressio (as DE-, premere press- press)
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noun Date: 14th century 1. the angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon, the size of an angle of ~, an act of depressing or a state of being depressed: as, a pressing down ; lowering, b. a state of feeling sad ; dejection, a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies, c. a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force, a lowering of vitality or functional activity, a depressed place or part ; hollow, low 1b, a period of low general economic activity marked especially by rising levels of unemployment ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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