Deposition
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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 physics, deposition is the process of gas transformation into solid.
- In politics, deposition is the removal a person of authority from power.
- In Christianity, the Deposition is the removal of Christ from the cross, after 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 artifact.
- 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.
- In the history of European universities, the deposition was a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century.
See also: Latin words in English
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