Deposition
# 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
