different between deposition vs estuarine

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

Adjective

estuarine (comparative more estuarine, superlative most estuarine)

1. Of or pertaining to an estuary.
   • 1977, Sewell H. Hopkins, Sam R. Petrocelli, Limiting Factors Affecting the Commercial Fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Estuarine Pollution Control and Assessment: Proceedings of a Conference, Volume 1, page 179,

     The shellfishes, by far the most valuable part of gulf coast commercial fisheries, are even more estuarine than the finfishes.

   • 1980, Joseph T. Kelley, Sediment Introduction and Deposition in a Coastal Lagoon, Cape May, New Jersey, Victor S Kennedy (editor), Estuarine Perspectives, Academic Press, page 379,

     The small lagoons of southern New Jersey receive an insignificant input of freshwater from watersheds of Cape May Peninsula compared to larger, more estuarine bays to the north (Kran 1975).

   • 2000, Stephen J. M. Blaber, Tropical Estuarine Fishes: Ecology, Exploitation and Conservation, Blackwell Science, page 80,

     Some species are more estuarine than others, for example Pseudotolithus typus replaces P. senegalensis as conditions become more estuarine and Pentanemus quinquarius replaces Galeoides decadactylus.

2. (geology) Formed in an estuary by alluvial deposition.

Translations

Latin

Adjective

estu?r?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of estu?r?nus