Depression (kinesiology) definition

(1) Pushing down

"Depression of the space bar on the typewriter"

(2) Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

(3) A sunken or depressed geological formation

(4) Angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

(5) A concavity in a surface produced by pressing

"He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"

(6) A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

(7) A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

(8) A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

(9) An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

"A low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"

(10) A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment