deposition
The removal of someone from office.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- immunodeposition
- misdeposition
- nanodeposition
- neodeposition
- osteodeposition
- overdeposition
- depositional
- redeposition
- electrodeposition
- nondeposition
- depositionally
- predeposition
Word history
From Latin "depositio".
Where this comes from
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