Deposition

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Deposition is a word used in many fields to describe different processes:

In law, deposition is the taking of testimony outside of court.
In chemistry, deposition is molecules settling out of a solution.
In geology, deposition is material (like sediment) being added to a landform.
In meteorology, deposition occurs when water vapor changes directly to ice without becoming a liquid first.
In politics, deposition is the removal a person of authority from power.
In Christianity, the Deposition is the removal of Christ from the cross, at the Crucifixion.
In Archaeology, deposition is physically similar to that of geology. It is the laying down of an horizon containing archaeological information such as that provided by an artefact.
In Aerosol physics, deposition is a process, where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces.
In rapid prototyping, fused deposition modeling is a process by which a part is constructed by depositing material layer by layer.