Read the dictionary definition of depression. All definitions for this word.
1. pushing down
1. 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
1. 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
1. 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
