DEPOSITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deposition mean? 

• DEPOSITION (noun)
  The noun DEPOSITION has 4 senses:

1. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

2. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

3. the act of putting something somewhere

4. the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

  Familiarity information: DEPOSITION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOSITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):

accretion; accumulation (an increase by natural growth or addition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposition"):

electrodeposition (the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis))

pigmentation (the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings)

redeposition (deposition from one deposit to another)

superposition ((geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

depose (make a deposition; declare under oath)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of putting something somewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):

buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposition"):

repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing (depositing in a warehouse)

Derivation:

deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deposition; dethronement

Hypernyms ("deposition" is a kind of...):

ouster; ousting (the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out)

Derivation:

depose (force to leave (an office))

 Context examples 

A heterotrimeric protein complex that mediates chromatin assembly by promoting histone H3 and H4 deposition onto newly synthesized DNA during replication or DNA repair.

(Chromatin Assembly Factor I, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of cutaneous fibrous histiocytoma characterized by the presence of xanthomatous fibrohistiocytic cells, giant cells, and hemosiderin deposition.

(Cutaneous Fibrous Histiocytoma, Histiocytic Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

T-cell immune response with diffuse perivillous fibrin deposition associated with intrauterine growth restriction, pre-term birth and recurrent fetal loss.

(Diffuse Chronic Villitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Deposition of cholesterol in the skin.

(Cholesterol Deposit, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by the deposition of amyloid in the wall of the vessels in the brain.

(Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone density and structure is maintained through a balance of bone resorption by osteoclasts and bone deposition by osteoblasts.

(Bone Remodeling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A rare neuroaxonal dystrophy, histologically characterized by axonal spheroids, iron deposition, lewy body (LB)-like intraneuronal inclusions and neurofibrillary tangles.

(Brain Iron Accumulation Type I Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The processing techniques, such as deposition, etching, and patterning, that are utilized to produce miniaturized structures and devices with feature sizes and resolution in the micron domain.

(Microfabrication, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma cell neoplasm characterized by the deposition of immunoglobulin in tissues, resulting in impaired organ function.

(Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the determination of the structure and deposition of myelin.

(Peripheral Myelin Protein 22, NCI Thesaurus)