Deposition
noun
A formal statement, sometimes in writing, of what a person saw, said, or did, given in a law setting.
The attorney questioned the witness during his deposition.
Often appears as...
- take a deposition
- give a deposition
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Formal
Technical
noun
The act of removing someone from a high rank or office.
The deposition of the king was a turning point in the country’s history.
Often appears as...
- deposition of power
- deposition from throne
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Historical
noun
The process of changing a gas into a solid, or the fact of a gas becoming a solid.
Deposition is the phase transition from gas to solid.
Often appears as...
- deposition of frost
- deposition process
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Academic
noun
The process or act of laying down matter carried by water, air, or ice.
Deposition of sediment shapes our rivers and coastline over time.
Often appears as...
- deposition of sediment
- erosion and deposition
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A formal statement, sometimes in writing, of what a person saw, said, or did, given in a law setting.
The attorney questioned the witness during his deposition.
Often appears as...
- take a deposition
- give a deposition
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The act of removing someone from a high rank or office.
The deposition of the king was a turning point in the country’s history.
Often appears as...
- deposition of power
- deposition from throne
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Historical
noun
The process of changing a gas into a solid, or the fact of a gas becoming a solid.
Deposition is the phase transition from gas to solid.
Often appears as...
- deposition of frost
- deposition process
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The process or act of laying down matter carried by water, air, or ice.
Deposition of sediment shapes our rivers and coastline over time.
Often appears as...
- deposition of sediment
- erosion and deposition
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios, often during trials or investigations.
She prepared her deposition carefully with her lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sworn Evidence
A deposition is treated like an oath; the person must tell the truth.
He gave his deposition under oath at the courthouse.
Pro Tip 3/3Pre-trial Procedure
Often part of discovery, before the actual trial begins.
The depositions provided crucial information for the case.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios, often during trials or investigations.
She prepared her deposition carefully with her lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sworn Evidence
A deposition is treated like an oath; the person must tell the truth.
He gave his deposition under oath at the courthouse.
Pro Tip 3/3Pre-trial Procedure
Often part of discovery, before the actual trial begins.
The depositions provided crucial information for the case.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Context
Used in legal scenarios, often during trials or investigations.
She prepared her deposition carefully with her lawyer.
Pro Tip 2/3Sworn Evidence
A deposition is treated like an oath; the person must tell the truth.
He gave his deposition under oath at the courthouse.
Pro Tip 3/3Pre-trial Procedure
Often part of discovery, before the actual trial begins.
The depositions provided crucial information for the case.
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Put a value on nature! -...
other hand if you start measuring how much would it actually cost to restore the land of this shrimp farm back to productive use once salt deposition and chemical deposition has actually had its effects their answer is more like twelve thousand dollars of cost and if you see the benefits of the mangrove in terms of the storm protection and cyclone
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How a wound heals itself...
the previously constricted blood vessels now expand in a process called vasodilation. About two to three days after the wound, the proliferative stage occurs, when fibroblast cells begin to enter the wound. In the process of collagen deposition, they produce a fibrous protein called collagen in the wound site,
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How we can end sexual...
You don't get the same witnesses or depositions. In many cases, the company picks the arbitrator for you. There are no appeals, and only 20 percent of the time does the employee win. But again, it's secret, so nobody ever knows what happened to you.
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Jane Walsh: The rise of...
His cardiologist said that he only had a few months to live. So trial might be a year or more out. And Howard was an essential witness, but he wasn't going to be around. We litigated, to take his testimony ahead of time, by a deposition.
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Bethany Ehlmann:...
but then evaporation and deposition of salt so were these environment these are all environments with water but were these environments of our habitats for life so to understand this question it actually requires going back to our own
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Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
That's not that hard. But on the other hand, if you start measuring, how much would it actually cost to restore the land of the shrimp farm back to productive use? Once salt deposition and chemical deposition has had its effects,
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Erin Pettit: Glaciers on...
does change the wave action and the way storms hit any coast you get a more erosion you get just all sorts of changes weird deposition and erosion along the landscapes and along the coastlines you get farm lands being
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My son was a Columbine...
I started having panic attacks. The first bout started four years after the shootings, when I was getting ready for the depositions and would have to meet the victims' families face to face.
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The Skin Gun PIPE National...
way but he'll need a gun we call it a skin cell gun a device for the deposition of skin cells onto the wound it looked like some you'd see in Star Wars this is Matt euro state police
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Risky Parasitic Twin...
bone from the parasite but now they can't find any trace of it on the new x-ray you know that big chunk of bone deposition it's a puzzling yet remarkable development the doctors
Video examples
Put a value on nature! -...
other hand if you start measuring how much would it actually cost to restore the land of this shrimp farm back to productive use once salt deposition and chemical deposition has actually had its effects their answer is more like twelve thousand dollars of cost and if you see the benefits of the mangrove in terms of the storm protection and cyclone
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
the previously constricted blood vessels now expand in a process called vasodilation. About two to three days after the wound, the proliferative stage occurs, when fibroblast cells begin to enter the wound. In the process of collagen deposition, they produce a fibrous protein called collagen in the wound site,
Video examples
How we can end sexual...
You don't get the same witnesses or depositions. In many cases, the company picks the arbitrator for you. There are no appeals, and only 20 percent of the time does the employee win. But again, it's secret, so nobody ever knows what happened to you.
Video examples
Jane Walsh: The rise of...
His cardiologist said that he only had a few months to live. So trial might be a year or more out. And Howard was an essential witness, but he wasn't going to be around. We litigated, to take his testimony ahead of time, by a deposition.
Video examples
Bethany Ehlmann:...
but then evaporation and deposition of salt so were these environment these are all environments with water but were these environments of our habitats for life so to understand this question it actually requires going back to our own
Video examples
Pavan Sukhdev: Put a...
That's not that hard. But on the other hand, if you start measuring, how much would it actually cost to restore the land of the shrimp farm back to productive use? Once salt deposition and chemical deposition has had its effects,
Video examples
Erin Pettit: Glaciers on...
does change the wave action and the way storms hit any coast you get a more erosion you get just all sorts of changes weird deposition and erosion along the landscapes and along the coastlines you get farm lands being
Video examples
My son was a Columbine...
I started having panic attacks. The first bout started four years after the shootings, when I was getting ready for the depositions and would have to meet the victims' families face to face.
Video examples
The Skin Gun PIPE National...
way but he'll need a gun we call it a skin cell gun a device for the deposition of skin cells onto the wound it looked like some you'd see in Star Wars this is Matt euro state police
Video examples
Risky Parasitic Twin...
bone from the parasite but now they can't find any trace of it on the new x-ray you know that big chunk of bone deposition it's a puzzling yet remarkable development the doctors
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