Deposition
Deposition is a word used in many fields to describe different processes:
*In
law,
deposition is the taking of
testimony outside of
court.
*In
chemistry,
deposition is
molecules settling out of a
solution.
*In
geology,
deposition is material (like
sediment) being added to a
landform.
*In
meteorology,
deposition occurs when
water vapor changes directly to
ice without becoming a
liquid first.
*In
politics,
deposition is the removal a
person of
authority from
power.
*In
Christianity, the
Deposition is the removal of Christ from the cross, at the
Crucifixion.
*In
Archaeology,
deposition is physically similar to that of geology. It is the laying down of an
horizon containing archaeological
information such as that provided by an
artefact.
*In
Aerosol physics,
deposition is a process, where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces.
*In
rapid prototyping,
fused deposition modeling is a process by which a part is constructed by depositing material layer by layer.
See also:
Latin words in English
