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