Deposition

  1. Proper noun.  (Christianity) The removal of Jesus from the cross.
  2. Noun.  The removal of someone from office.
  3. Noun.  The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  4. Noun.  (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
  5. Noun.  (legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
  6. Noun.  (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
  7. Noun.  (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation).
  8. Noun.  (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.