deposition

See also: Deposition and déposition

English

Etymology

From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

deposition (countable and uncountable, plural depositions)

1. The removal of someone from office.
   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58:

     So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.

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

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “chemistry: production of a thin film”): erosion, corrosion
• (antonym(s) of “physics: transformation of gas into solid”): sublimation

Derived terms

• biodeposition
• calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease
• codeposition
• depositional
• depositionally
• electrodeposition
• nondeposition
• paleodeposition
• postdeposition
• predeposition
• redeposition
• rhizodeposition
• thin film deposition
• vapor deposition

 

Translations

removal of someone from office

• Bulgarian: сваляне от длъжност (svaljane ot dlǎžnost)
• Dutch: schorsing (nl) f
• Finnish: viraltapano (fi)
• French: destitution (fr) f
• German: Entlassung (de) f, Amtsenthebung (de) f, Absetzung (de) f (of kings, etc.)
• Greek: απόλυση (el) f (apólysi), καθαίρεση (el) f (kathaíresi), εκθρόνιση (el) f (ekthrónisi)
• Hungarian: elmozdítás (hu), letétel (hu)
• Polish: depozycja f
• Russian: смеще́ние с до́лжности n (smeščénije s dólžnosti)

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

• Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) n (otlagane), утаяване n (utajavane)
• Finnish: kerrostuminen, kerrostuma (fi)
• German: Ablage (de) f, Ablagerung (de) f
• Greek: απόθεση (el) f (apóthesi)
• Hungarian: lerakódás (hu), leülepedés (hu), üledék (hu)
• Polish: depozycja f
• Russian: отложе́ние (ru) n (otložénije), осажде́ние (ru) n (osaždénije)

production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface

• Bulgarian: отлагане (bg) n (otlagane)
• Finnish: kerrostaminen, pinnoittaminen (fi), härmistäminen

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

• Armenian: ցուցմունք (hy) (cʻucʻmunkʻ), վկայություն (hy) (vkayutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: показания под клетва (pokazanija pod kletva)
• Finnish: todistelu (fi) (process); todistajanlausunto (fi) (testimony)
• French: déposition (fr) f
• German: eidesstattliche Erklärung (de) f
• Greek: κατάθεση (el) f (katáthesi), μαρτυρία (el) f (martyría)
• Hindi: गवाही (hi) f (gavāhī), शहादत (hi) f (śahādat)
• Hungarian: (eskü alatt tett) vallomás (hu), tanúvallomás (hu), tanúskodás (hu), vallomástétel (hu)
• Latin: conscriptum n
• Russian: показа́ние под прися́гой n (pokazánije pod prisjágoj)

formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor

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

transformation of gas into solid

• Finnish: härmistyminen (fi)
• French: condensation solide (fr) f
• Hungarian: lecsapódás (hu), kristályosodás (hu), gőzdepozíció, gőzlecsapódás
• Icelandic: hélun f
• Italian: brinamento (it) m
• Korean: 증착(蒸着) (ko) (jeungchak)
• Polish: resublimacja (pl) f
• Swedish: deposition (sv) c, desublimation (sv) c, desublimering (sv) c
• Turkish: kırağılaşma (tr)

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

• Greek: απόθεση (el) f (apóthesi)

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Translations to be checked

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הדחה f (hadakha) (1)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} deposizione (it) f
• Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} ڳڱڪاري (sd) f (in meteorology)

Anagrams

• positioned

Danish

Noun

deposition c (singular definite depositionen, plural indefinite depositioner)

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Declension

Declension of deposition

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	deposition	depositionen	depositioner	depositionerne
genitive	depositions	depositionens	depositioners	depositionernes

Further reading

• “deposition” in Den Danske Ordbog