deposition
nounEtymology
From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.
- derived from depositio
- derived from deposicion
- inherited from deposicion
Definitions
The removal of someone from office.
- 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.
The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process
The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
›+ 5 more definitionsshow fewer
The process of taking sworn testimony out of court
The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of…
The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.
The removal of Jesus from the cross.
The neighborhood
- antonymerosionantonym(s) of
- antonymcorrosion
- antonymsublimationantonym(s) of
Derived
biodeposition, calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease, codeposition, depositional, depositionally, electrodeposition, immunodeposition, misdeposition, nanodeposition, neodeposition, nondeposition, osteodeposition, overdeposition, paleodeposition, postdeposition, predeposition, redeposition, rhizodeposition, thin film deposition, vapor deposition
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deposition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deposition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at deposition
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA