different between deposition vs deponent

English

Etymology

From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?p??z???n/

Noun

deposition (countable and uncountable, plural depositions)

1. The removal of someone from office.
2. The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
3. (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
4. (law) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
5. (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
6. (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
7. (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

Synonyms

• (physics: transformation of gas into solid): desublimation

Antonyms

• (chemistry: production of a thin film): erosion, corrosion
• (physics: transformation of gas into solid): sublimation

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• positioned

Danish

Noun

deposition c (singular definite depositionen, plural indefinite depositioner)

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Declension

Further reading

• “deposition” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Latin d?p?n?ns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of d?p?n? (“lay aside”), from d?- + p?n? (“put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di?p??.n?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /di?po?.n?nt/

Adjective

deponent (not comparable)

1. (of some Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Scandinavian or Old Irish verbs) Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)

Translations

See also

• Category:Greek deponent verbs
• Category:Latin deponent verbs
• Category:Old Irish deponent verbs

Noun

deponent (plural deponents)

1. (law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
2. (grammar) A deponent verb.

Related terms

• depose
• deposition
• deposition de bene esse

Translations

See also

• affiant
• de bene esse

Danish

Adjective

deponent

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Inflection

Further reading

• “deponent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Verb

d?p?nent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?p?n?

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin deponens

Noun

deponent m (plural deponen?i)

1. depositor

Declension