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

Art

• Deposition from the Cross, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross
• Deposition (Bellini), a 1515–16 painting by Giovanni Bellini and his workshop
• Deposition of Christ (Bronzino), a 1545 oil painting
• The Deposition (Michelangelo), a 1547–55 marble sculpture
• The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo), a 1528 oil painting
• Deposition from the Cross, Volterra (Rosso Fiorentino)
• The Deposition (Raphael), a 1507 oil painting
• The Deposition (Rubens), a 1602 painting by Peter Paul Rubens (previously attributed to van Dyck) now in the Galleria Borghese
• Deposition (Rogier van der Weyden) or The Descent from the Cross, an oil painting, c.1435
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1615), a 1615 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1618), a 1618–20 painting, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1619), a c. 1619 painting, now in the Ashmolean Museum
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1629), a c. 1629 painting, now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1629–30) or Lamentation over the Dead Christ, lost 1945
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1634), a 1634 painting, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1635), a 1635 painting, now in the now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
• Deposition (van Dyck, 1640), a 1634–40 painting, now in the Valdes Izaguirre collection

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

Technology

• Cathodic arc deposition, a physical vapor deposition technique using an electric arc to vaporize material from a cathode target
• Chemical vapor deposition, a chemical process used in the semiconductor industry to produce thin films
• Electron beam-induced deposition, a process of decomposing gaseous molecules by an electron beam
• Electrospark deposition, a micro-welding manufacturing process typically used to repair damage to mechanical components
• Electrophoretic deposition
• Ion beam-assisted deposition, a combination of ion implantation with a physical vapor deposition technique
• Molecular vapor deposition, the gas-phase reaction between surface reactive chemicals and an appropriately receptive surface
• Nanoparticle deposition, the process of attaching nanoparticles to solid surfaces called substrates to create coatings of nanoparticles
• Particle deposition, the spontaneous attachment of particles to surfaces
• Physical vapor deposition, a variety of vacuum deposition methods used to produce thin films and coatings
• Pulsed laser deposition, a physical vapor deposition technique using a high-power pulsed laser beam in a vacuum chamber

Other uses

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

See also

• Depo (disambiguation)
• Deposit (disambiguation)