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deposition

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沈積作用,沈積物

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deposition \Dep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf.
   F. d['e]position. See {Deposit}.]
   1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down
      or thrown down; precipitation.

            The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.
                                                  --H. Miller.

   2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

            The influence of princes upon the dispositions of
            their courts needs not the deposition of their
            examples, since it hath the authority of a known
            principle.                            --W. Montagu.

資料來源 : WordNet®

deposition
     n 1: the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
          [syn: {deposit}]
     2: (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually done in
        a lawyer's office
     3: the act of putting something somewhere [syn: {deposit}]
     4: the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from
        a position or office [syn: {dethronement}]
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