depression
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Definition: economic decline
Antonyms: recovery, surge
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An area of low pressure (roughly, below 1000 mb; see cyclone). See mid-latitude depression, cold low, lee depression, monsoon depression,
Depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions may be formed by various mechanisms, and may be referred to by a variety of technical terms.
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