deposition

See also Deposition, and disposition

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛpəˈzɪʃən/

Noun

deposition (plural depositions)

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

Synonyms

• (physics: transformation of gas into solid): desublimation

Derived terms

• thin film deposition
• vapor deposition

Translations

removal of someone from office

• Bulgarian: сваляне от длъжност (bg) (svaljane ot dlǎžnost)
• Dutch: schorsing (nl) f

• Finnish: erottaminen (fi)
• Hungarian: elmozdítás (hu), letétel (hu)

act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit

• Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) (otlagane) n, утаяване (bg) (utajavane) n
• Finnish: kerrostuminen (fi), kerrostuma (fi)

• Hungarian: lerakódás (hu), leülepedés (hu), üledék (hu)

production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface

• Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) (otlagane) n

• Finnish: kerrostaminen (fi), pinnoittaminen (fi), härmistäminen (fi)

process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken

• Armenian: ցուցմունք (hy) (c’uc’munk’), վկայություն (hy) (vkayut’yun)
• Bulgarian: показания под клетва (bg) (pokazanija pod kletva)

• Finnish: kirjallinen todistelu (fi)
• Hungarian: tanúvallomás (hu), tanúskodás (hu)

formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor

• Finnish: huurtuminen (fi), härmistyminen (fi)

transformation of gas into solid

• Finnish: härmistyminen (fi)
• Icelandic: hélun (is) f

• Italian: brinamento (it) m
• Korean: 증착 (ko) (jeungchak) (蒸着 (ko))

the formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it

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• Italian: deposizione (it) f
• Hebrew: הדחה (hadakha) f (1)
• Sindhi: ڳڱڪاري f (in meteorology)

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