Dictionary Definition
deposition
Noun
1 the natural process of laying down a deposit of
something [syn: deposit]
2 (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness;
usually done in a lawyer's office
3 the act of putting something somewhere [syn:
deposit]
4 the act of deposing someone; removing a
powerful person from a position or office [syn: dethronement]
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English
Noun
- The removal of someone from office.
- The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
- The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
- The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
- The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor (a form of sublimation).
- The process of gas transformation into solid.
- The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feastday commemorating it.
Derived terms
Translations
the removal of someone from office
- Hungarian: elmozdítás, letétel
the act of depositing material, especially by a
natural process; the resultant deposit
- Hungarian: lerakódás, leülepedés, üledék
the production of a thin film of material onto
an existing surface
the process of taking sworn testimony out of
court; the testimony so taken
- Hungarian: tanúvallomás, tanúskodás
the formation of snow or frost directly from
water vapor (a form of sublimation)
the process of gas transformation into solid
the formal placement of relics in a church or
shrine, and the feastday commemorating it
Extensive Definition
Deposition or Depose may refer to: this gives you
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- Deposition (law), taking testimony outside of court
- Deposition (chemistry), molecules settling out of a solution
- Deposition (sediment), material (like sediment) being added to a landform
- Deposition (physics), the process of gas transformation into solid
- Deposition (politics), the removal of a person of authority from political power
- Deposition (Aerosol physics), a process where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces
- Deposition (university), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century
- Deposition from the Cross, in art, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross
The Deposition could refer to :
- The Deposition (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture
- The Deposition (Raphael), an oil painting
- "The Deposition", an episode of The Office
See also
- Fused deposition modeling, a process by which a part is constructed by depositing material layer by layer
- Thin-film deposition, any technique for depositing a thin film of material onto a substrate or onto previously deposited layers
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, allocation, alluvion, alluvium, ash, assertion, asseveration, assignment, attest, attestation, authority, authorization, averment, avouchment, avowal, bill, bill of complaint, bill of
health, cashiering,
certificate,
certificate of proficiency, certification, cinder, claim, clinker, collocation, complaint, compurgation, credential, declaration, deconsecration, defrocking, deployment, deposal, deposit, deposits, deprivation, dethronement, diluvium, diploma, disbarment, disbarring, disclosure, discrownment, disenthronement,
dismissal, displacement, disposition, draff, dregs, dross, ember, emplacement, excommunication,
expulsion, feces, firing, forced resignation,
froth, grounds, impeachment, instrument in
proof, kicking upstairs, lading, lees, legal evidence, libel, liquidation, loading, localization, locating, location, loess, manifesto, moraine, narratio, navicert, nolle prosequi,
nonsuit, notarized
statement, note, offscum, ousting, overthrow, overthrowal, packing, pensioning off,
pinpointing,
placement, placing, position paper,
positioning,
posting, precipitate, precipitation, profession, purge, putting, removal, reposition, retirement, scoria, scum, sediment, settlings, sheepskin, silt, sinter, situation, slag, smut, solemn declaration, soot, spotting, statement, statement of
belief, statement of facts, statement under oath, stationing, storage, stowage, sublimate, superannuation, suspension, swearing, sworn evidence, sworn
statement, sworn testimony, testamur, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, ticket, unchurching, unfrocking, unseating, visa, vise, voucher, vouching, warrant, warranty, witness, word