Deposition

Deposition may refer to:

• Deposition (law), taking testimony outside of court
• Deposition (politics), the removal of a person of authority from political power
• Deposition (university), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century
• Papal deposing power, the purported power of a pope to remove a monarch from office
• Defrocking, also "deposition", the opposite of ordination in many Christian churches

Deposition, in science, may refer to:

• Deposition (chemistry), molecules settling out of a solution
• Thin-film deposition, any technique for depositing a thin film of material onto a substrate or onto previously deposited layers
• Deposition (geology), material (like sediment) being added to a landform
• Deposition (phase transition), the process by which a gas is transformed into a solid
• Deposition (aerosol physics), a process where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces

The Deposition can also refer to depictions of Christ's descent from the cross, as in:

• Deposition from the Cross, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross
• The Deposition (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture
• The Deposition (Raphael), an oil painting
• The Deposition (Rogier van der Weyden), an oil painting, c.1435
• The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo), an oil painting of 1528

The Deposition can also refer to:

• "The Deposition" (The Office), an episode of The Office (US TV series)

See also

• Fused deposition modeling, a process by which a part is constructed by depositing material layer by layer
• Chemical vapor deposition
• Physical vapor deposition