See Also: Deposition(money)
deposition(dictionary)
deposition(dictionary)
Deposition(law)
Acid deposition(health)
DEPOSITION, eccl(law)
DEPOSITION HEARING(law)
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease(medicine)
tamm-horsfall protein deposition(medicine)

polyploid (iou) and deposition (iou)


polyploid (iou)



polyploid adjective & noun. E20.
[from POLY- + -PLOID.]
Biology.
A. adjective. (Of a cell) containing more than two homologous sets of chromosomes; (of an individual) composed of polyploid cells. E20.
b. noun. A polyploid organism. E20.
polyploidize verb trans. make polyploid M20.
polyploidy noun polyploid condition E20.

deposition (iou)



deposition noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French deposition from Latin depositio(n-), from deposit- pa. ppl stem of deponere: see DEPONE, -ION.]
The giving of testimony on oath in court; the testimony so given; spec. a sworn written statement that may be read out in court as a substitute for the production of the witness. LME.
fig.: T. Mallon Our diaries..can be our depositions.
The action of deposing from a position of power or authority; dethronement; degradation. LME.
C. V. Wedgwood The removal of King Charles by deposition or by death.
The action of depositing, laying down, or putting in a position of rest; interment, spec. the laying of a saint's body and relics in a new resting-place. LME.
(A representation of) the taking down of the body of Jesus from the Cross. M16.
The action of laying aside or giving up something. Chiefly fig. L16-M18.
The placing of something in a repository, account, etc., or in someone's charge for safe-keeping; a deposit. Now rare. L16.
The process of depositing by natural agency. L18.
D. Attenborough Rocks are not built up by deposition but broken down by erosion.
b. A natural deposit or accumulation. L18.
depositional adjective of, pertaining to, or resulting from (geological) deposition E20.