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

Science

• Deposition (chemistry), molecules settling out of a solution
• Deposition (geology), material such as 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

Art

• The Deposition (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture
• The Deposition (Raphael), an oil painting
• Deposition (Rogier van der Weyden) or The Descent from the Cross, an oil painting, c.1435

Other uses

• Defrocking or deposition, the opposite of ordination in many Christian churches
• "The Deposition" (The Office), an episode of The Office (US TV series)

See also

• Chemical vapor deposition
• Deposition from the Cross, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross
• The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo), an oil painting of 1528
• Fused deposition modeling, a process by which a part is constructed by depositing material layer by layer
• Papal deposing power, the purported power of a pope to remove a monarch from office
• Physical vapor deposition
• Thin-film deposition, any technique for depositing a thin film of material onto a substrate or onto previously deposited layers