deposition

Definitions

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