Also means
low-pressure system
Usage Note
Dépression covers both the psychological condition (faire une dépression = to suffer a depressive episode) and meteorological low-pressure zones. In economics, la Grande Dépression refers to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The adjective form is dépressif.
Examples
"Elle souffre d'une dépression depuis des mois."
Natural Translation
She has been suffering from depression for months.

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