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Processes associated with the deposition of a particular type of sediment
In geology, depositional environment or sedimentary environment describes the combination of physical, chemical, and biological processes associated with
Depositional_environment
Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles
of events during deposition of the forty-one layers of the formation. The kind of rock formed in a particular depositional environment is called its sedimentary
Sedimentary_rock
Geological formation in the United States
lacustrine, swamp, estuarine and coastal plain environments. Hell Creek is the best studied of these ancient environments. At the time, this region had a warm temperate
Hell_Creek_Formation
Geologic formation in Mongolia
Dulam, T.; Sweeney, M. R. (2005). "New Stratigraphic Subdivision, Depositional Environment, and Age Estimate for the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation
Djadochta_Formation
Geologic formation in Venezuela
show signs of fluvial (river) deposition. The Lexico Estratigrafico de Venezuela suggests that the depositional environment of the upper Parángula Formation
Parángula_Formation
Geologic formation in Western Australia
circulation. Later re-evaluations of the Dresser Formation's depositional environments proposed that it accumulated in shallow-water, low-eruptive, caldera
Dresser_Formation
Geological formation in London Basin, England
The Thanet Formation is a geological formation found in the London Basin of southeastern England. It is of early to mid-Thanetian (late Paleocene) age
Thanet_Formation
Late Cretaceous geological formation in New Zealand
beach environment. The siltstones of the time-equivalent Mutuera Member are thought to have been deposited in a mid to outer shelf environment. The Houpapa
Tahora_Formation
Geological formation and paleontological site in Tanzania
Tendaguru is divided into 6 members, which represent different depositional environments, with the 'Dinosaur Beds' representing terrestrial facies while
Tendaguru_Formation
Rock formation in the USA
Survey, Reston, Virginia. Ewing, T.E. (2001) Review of Late Jurassic depositional systems and potential hydrocarbon plays, northern Gulf of Mexico Basin
Haynesville_Shale
Stratigraphic Unit in Mongolia
environment of deposition is suggested to be fluvial, originating in a sandy braided river, floodplain and ephemeral lake depositional environments,
Alagteeg_Formation
Geologic formation in Tennessee, United States
kilometers from the sea. Caster and Brooks differently interpreted the environment of deposition at Douglas Dam as being a marine submarine spring fed by an underground
Douglas_Lake_Member
Type of sedimentary rock
a high-energy depositional environment that removed carbonate mud. Recrystallized sparite is not diagnostic of depositional environment. Limestone outcrops
Limestone
Geological formation in Argentina
lithofacies characteristics of the unit suggest an outer continental shelf environment, below the normal wave base. The micropaleontological content of the
Jagüel_Formation
Geologic formation in the southwestern United States
Navajo Sandstone examples. in M. Chan and A. Archer, eds., Extreme Depositional Environments: Mega End Members in Geologic Time. Geological Society of America
Navajo_Sandstone
Texas rock formation associated with petroleum deposits
Biostratigraphic and geochemical constraints on the stratigraphy and depositional environments of the Eagle Ford and Woodbine Groups of Texas: "in" Breyer, J
Eagle_Ford_Group
Geological formation in Italy
flooding if the region supports more this age assignation. The depositional environment of the Monte Fallano Plattenkalk is interpreted as a shallow Carbonate
Monte_Fallano_Plattenkalk
marl, and sand. The depositional environment of the Glen Rose was a shallow marine to shoreline environment. This shoreline environment would eventually
Geology of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
Geology_of_the_Dallas–Fort_Worth_Metroplex
Old fossil site in Colorado
Manitou Dolomites are mostly indeterminate carbonates, the exact depositional environment is unknown. However it was likely shallow water, either lagoon
Manitou_Limestone
Body of rock with specified characteristic
changes in environment. Conversely, it states that when a depositional environment "migrates" laterally, sediments of one depositional environment come to
Facies
Geologic formation in Australia
Wianamatta Group records a regressive clastic shoreline, with depositional environments progressing upward through four main settings: seaward marine
Wianamatta_Group
the pelagic forams and the occasional ammonites all indicate a depositional environment bordering onto open marine conditions. The Ligérian can be correlated
Ligérian
Geologic formation in Mongolia
Sedimentary analyses suggest the Ergilin Dzo Formation was a floodplain environment with a braided stream network formed by fluvial systems. In their review
Ergilin_Dzo_Formation
Particulate solid matter deposited on a planetary surface
mixtures Deposition (geology) – Natural addition of materials to a landmass Depositional environment – Processes associated with the deposition of a particular
Sediment
Sedimentary rock strata at differing angles
inclined layers. The original depositional layering is tilted, such tilting not being the result of post-depositional deformation. Cross-beds or "sets"
Cross-bedding
Cambrian geologic formation found in the Southwestern United States
They interpreted the results of this study to indicate that the maximum depositional age of the Tapeats Sandstone to be from 505.4 ± 8 Ma to 501.4 ± 3.8 Ma
Tapeats_Sandstone
Geologic formation in Kazakhstan
The Karabastau Formation (Kazakh: Qarabastaý svıtasy) is a geological formation and lagerstätte in the Karatau Mountains of southern Kazakhstan whose strata
Karabastau_Formation
Miocene palaeontological locality in Chile
Mina Fosforita members of the Bahía Inglesa Formation, though its depositional environment is mostly similar to that of the Punta Totoral Member. As such
Cerro_Ballena
Water-soluble mineral deposit formed by evaporation from an aqueous solution
non-marine depositional environments include the Great Salt Lake in Utah and the Dead Sea, which lies between Jordan and Israel. Evaporite depositional environments
Evaporite
Cambrian geologic formation found in Grand Canyon, Arizona
60 m (200 ft). The actual depositional thickness of the Sixtymile Formation is unknown owing to erosion prior to deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone.
Sixtymile_Formation
Network of river channels
of environments all over the world, including gravelly mountain streams, sand bed rivers, on alluvial fans, on river deltas, and across depositional plains
Braided_river
Geologic formation in Inner Mongolia, China
The Shara Murun Formation is a geologic formation in Inner Mongolia, northern China. The deposits of the Shara Murun Formation date to the Middle Eocene
Shara_Murun_Formation
The Passaic Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. It was previously known as the Brunswick Formation since it was
Passaic_Formation
Rock formation in Massachusetts, United States
turbidity current deposition. This is consistent with the thick turbidites, which accumulated within a submarine fan or slope environment, of the overlying
Roxbury_Conglomerate
member, called the Lost Run Member, exists in some locations. The depositional environment of the Bald Eagle has always been interpreted as mostly terrestrial
Bald_Eagle_Formation
Geologic formation in the United States and Canada
and Virginia in the United States, and in Ontario, Canada. The depositional environment was most likely shallow marine. The Columbus conformably overlies
Columbus_Limestone
Geological formation in the United States
The Lance (Creek) Formation is a division of Late Cretaceous (dating to about 69–66 Ma) rocks in the western United States. Named after Lance Creek, Wyoming
Lance_Formation
Stratigraphic Unit in Canada
and floodplain environments, with local areas of lacustrine sediments. The sandstones were deposited mainly in fluvial channel environments, with siltstones
Wapiti_Formation
Geological formation in Alberta, Canada
and deposited in fluvial channel and floodplain environments. The caliche and red beds reflect deposition under arid to semi-arid climate conditions. This
Willow_Creek_Formation
Ordovician Lagerstätte in France
which may be due to an insufficient supply of iron within the depositional environment. Pyritization is the principal mode of preservation in several
Cabrières_Biota
bedding planes and represent a change in depositional environment, but with only a minor hiatus in deposition with no significant erosion. A brief hiatus
Contact_(geology)
Permian–Triassic geological formation in Namibia
sandstones, shales, siltstones and conglomerates, was deposited in a fluvial environment, alternating between a meandering and braided river setting. The Omingonde
Omingonde_Formation
Geologic formation in Inner Mongolia, China
The Ulan Gochu Formation is a geologic formation in Inner Mongolia, northern China. The deposits of the Ulan Gochu Formation date to the late Middle Eocene
Ulan_Gochu_Formation
Geological group in central Colombia
Muzo in the north. The Villeta Group has been deposited in a marine environment and the organic rich shales and pelagic limestones and cherts of the
Villeta_Group
Geological formation in Italy
and smectite). Due to that, the main depositional layers of the formation are believed to come from an environment intermediate between pelagic and nearshore
Marne_di_Monte_Serrone
Geologic formation in Namibia
2018-08-26 Horsthemke, E.; Ledendecker, S.; Porada, H. (1990), "Depositional environments and stratigraphic correlation of the Karoo Sequence in northwestern
Gai-As_Formation
Geologic formation in Mexico
Formation represents a carbonate environment which apparently had stressed biodiversity. The depositional environment of the Middle Member was likely arid
Tlayúa_Formation
Early Cretaceous geological formation in Thailand
suggests the sand channels at the time of deposition of the formation probably formed a braided channel environment. Sauropoda indet. 1 and 2 List of dinosaur-bearing
Sao_Khua_Formation
Major depositional strata in the Himalaya
One of the major depositional strata in the Himalaya is the Lesser Himalayan Strata from the Paleozoic to Mesozoic eras. It had a quite different marine
Lesser_Himalayan_Strata
Geological formation in the Colombian Andes
The Cacho Formation (Spanish: Formación Cacho, E1C, Tpc, Tec) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian
Cacho_Formation
Geologic formation in Colombia
radiocarbon dating, covering the Pleistocene from 2.6 to 0.01 Ma. The depositional environment has been interpreted as fluvio-glacial terraces. The Tunjuelo Formation
Tunjuelo_Formation
The benthic fossils present indicate a calm and not very deep depositional environment; they comprise lamellibranchs, acteonellidae, nerineoidea, chaetetids
Angoumian
Mapped bedrock unit
oxidizing conditions. The green-colored members indicate a reducing environment characterized by frequent inundation by water in a swamp, delta, or shallow
Mauch_Chunk_Formation
Geologic formation in Colombia
corresponding to the Deseadan in the SALMA classification. The depositional environment has been interpreted as shallow marine. The Siamaná Formation is
Siamaná_Formation
Geologic formation in Canada
breccia within its upper layers, and was most likely of a transitional environment from shallow to deep waters, with the slope being situated on the outer
Gametrail_Formation
Geological formation in the Netherlands and Belgium
Geologie en Mijnbouw 75: 107-118 Pollock, R. E. (1976-01-01). "The depositional environments of the Maastricht and Kunrade Chalks (Maastrichtian) from the
Maastricht_Formation
Geologic formation in the United States
Valley and Ridge of Virginia and easternmost West Virginia. The depositional environment of the Conococheague was most likely shallow marine to tidal on
Conococheague_Formation
Sedimentary rocks containing 15 wt.% or more iron
rocks in shallow waters which leads to the conclusion that the depositional environment ranges from the continental shelf and upper continental slope to
Iron-rich_sedimentary_rocks
Geologic Formation in China
The Luohe Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in China. It is located in the Ordos Basin, and records fossil dinosaur trackways. The formation
Luohe_Formation
Mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, U.S.
The Llewellyn Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in eastern Pennsylvania. It was previously known as the "coal measures" and the post-Pottsville rocks
Llewellyn_Formation
Geological Formation of the Western and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
imprints and mollusks were found, suggesting a lacustrine to deltaic depositional environment with periodical marine incursions. The formation was defined by
Santa_Teresa_Formation
Geologic formation in Orange and northwestern San Diego County, California
The Santiago Formation is a geologic formation in Orange and northwestern San Diego County, California. The siltstones, mudstones and sandstones of the
Santiago Formation, California
Santiago_Formation,_California
Bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, US
being deposited between 440 and 417 (±10) million years ago. The depositional environment of the Tuscarora has always been interpreted as mostly terrestrial
Tuscarora_Sandstone
Geologic formation in Argentina
Formation, which is interpreted to represent deposition in a continental environment changing to a marine environment following a transgression. This overall
Río_Mayer_Formation
The Ingta Formation is a geological unit containing green sandstones and shales; it crops out in the Canadian Mackenzie Mountains. Its age is poorly constrained
Ingta_Formation
Geologic formation in Michigan
suggests that the basin had a different salinity than normal marine environments; however, direct evidence of hypersalinity like evaporite molds is absent
Big_Hill_Formation
Geologic formation in Colombia
units. The base of the Ware Formation was deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment, whereas the marine invertebrate assemblage at the top of the unit contains
Ware_Formation
Fossiliferous geological group
cretacea, Inoceramus peruanus, Texanites aff. serratomarginatus Depositional environment - anoxic pelagic Native name - Spanish: Nivel de Lutitas (Ksl,
Oliní_Group
Geological formation in Colombia
marine (estuarine, lagoonal, and shallow subtidal) to fluvio-deltaic environment with strong fluvial influence. The Castilletes Formation correlates with
Castilletes_Formation
Geologic formation in North America
Frontier exploration and development Natural gas liquids Natural gas Depositional regions Southern Alberta Central Alberta Northwestern Alberta Plains
Bearpaw_Formation
Widespread fossiliferous sedimentary geologic unit in California
sandstone, mudstone, and siltstones, without the conglomerates; the depositional environment at this time no longer included the pebbles and boulders which
Sespe_Formation
Geological formation in Spain
of continental to paralic (deltaic) environments. The Escucha Formation represents syn-rift depositional environment, deposited in siliciclastic carbonate
Escucha_Formation
Geologic formation in Austria and Germany
477 p. Schweizerbarth, Stuttgart. Reading, H. G. (1978). Sedimentary Environments and Facies. Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd. Oxford. ISBN 0-632-01223-4
Ruhpolding_Formation
Genus of Late Cretaceous dinosaur
Philovenator. Sediments across the formation indicate a similar depositional environment to that of the Djadochta Formation. Known specimens of Velociraptor
Velociraptor
Rock Formation
The Gettysburg Formation is a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of sandstones, conglomerates, and shales. The Gettysburg Formation was first described
Gettysburg_Formation
Type of sedimentary rock
margins are also common environments for deposition of sand. As sediments continue to accumulate in the depositional environment, older sand is buried by
Sandstone
The Hammer Creek Formation is a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of conglomerate, coarse sandstone, and shale. The Hammer Creek Formation was originally
Hammer_Creek_Formation
Cambrian geologic formation found in the Southwestern United States
is interpreted as shallow subtidal to possibly intertidal in depositional environments associated with a regressing sea. Geology of the Grand Canyon
Frenchman_Mountain_Dolostone
Geological formation in the Colombian Andes
deposited in a transgressional and regressional epicontinental marine environment at the edge of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean. The uppermost part of the formation
Floresta_Formation
Geological formation in Colombia
to be Late Pliocene based on its stratigraphical position. The depositional environment is characterised by alluvial fans formed during the main phase
Chorrera_Formation
Bedrock formation found in the Midwestern United States
Kentucky, southwest Ohio, and southeast Indiana, United States. The depositional environment of the Kope Formation was a shallow marine inland sea off the coast
Kope_Formation
Geological formation in the United States
Basin. The sedimentary rocks of formation were deposited in floodplain environments and contain vertebrate fossils, including a diverse assemblage of dinosaur
Cloverly_Formation
Geological formation in Canada
the Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas. On Bonavista Peninsula the depositional environment was a slope and outer shelf–below photic zone Turbidites probably
Fermeuse_Formation
Bedrock unit in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York
Pennsylvania. The Tammany Member was not described at Lehigh Gap. The depositional environment of the Shawangunk has always been interpreted as mostly terrestrial
Shawangunk_Formation
The Anacacho Limestone is a unit of limestone of Cretaceous (Campanian) age in Texas. The Anacacho Limestone is composed predominantly of limestone (wackestone
Anacacho_Limestone
Argentinian geologic formation
Formation. Los Adobes Formation was deposited in an alluvial to fluvial environment and the mudstones of the overall sandy and conglomeratic unit have provided
Los_Adobes_Formation
Geological formation in the United States
The Oriskany Sandstone is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. The type locality of the unit is located at Oriskany
Oriskany_Formation
American geological formation
formation was formed by the erosion of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains, and deposition by fluvial processes as alluvial fans. The characteristic predominant
Fountain_Formation
Geologic formation in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, Canada
The Risky Formation is a geologic formation in Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and is a part of the Rackla Group. It preserves a sparse record of
Risky_Formation
Geologic formation in Canada
Formation is inferred to have been deposited on a slope to basin-floor environment, primarily due to the rhythmic layering of various sediments, suggested
Nadaleen_Formation
Rock formation in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
York. Lucchitta, I, and JD Hendricks (1983) "Characteristics, depositional environment and tectonic interpretations of the Proterozoic Cardenas Lavas
Cardenas_Basalt
Geologic formation in Argentina
conditions on both sides of the K/Pg boundary indicates that changing depositional factors were unlikely to have had significant importance in driving the
Lefipán_Formation
The New Oxford Formation is a mapped bedrock unit consisting primarily of sandstones, conglomerates, and shales. The New Oxford Formation was first described
New_Oxford_Formation
Geological formation
ages (SALMA). The formation has been deposited in a shallow marine bay environment. The Macarao Formation is a reservoir rock formation in the Guajira Basin
Macarao_Formation
Canadian geologic formation
nonmarine environments adjacent to the Western Interior Seaway. Depositional settings include deltaic, coastal plain, floodplain, and swamp environments. A variety
Gorman_Creek_Formation
Geologic formation in the United States
60, p. 797. Heydari, H., W.J. Wade, and L.C. Anderson (1997) Depositional Environments, Organic Carbon Accumulation, and Solar-Forcing Cyclicity in Smackover
Brown_Dense
Geologic formation in the Middle East
Stephenson, Michael; Oliver, Guy; Al-Husseini, Moujahed (January 2004). "Depositional sequences of the Gharif and Khuff Formations, subsurface Interior Oman"
Khuff_Formation
Geological formation in Colombia
Panama. The Jimol Formation was deposited in a beach to shallow marine environment, inner shelf depth (less than 50 metres' [160 ft] water depth). This
Jimol_Formation
Geological Formation in the United States
dating of the Stockton places it in the Upper Triassic System, i.e., deposition between 237 and 207 (±5) million years ago. It rests unconformably a top
Stockton_Formation
Copper-bearing shale deposit in Central Europe
the borders of its extension deposited in a shallow marine environment. At time of deposition, the area what is now northern Europe was covered by an enclosed
Kupferschiefer
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Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Environment
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Near; Environment
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Irish
Means “â€brave with a spearâ€â€ or “â€spear carrier.â€â€ The name is associated with Gearoid Fitzgerald, the 3rd Earl of Desmond (1338-98) and leader of the most powerful Norman family in late medieval Ireland. It was believed he had magical powers and is reputed to protect the environment at Lough Gur, where he had a castle in County Limerick. In one story, when a local landowner planned to drain the lake or forbid local people access to it Gearoid made his horse bolt, fatally injuring the landowner. Some even say that he is sleeping at the bottom of Lough Gur, waiting to return to the land of the living.
Boy/Male
Australian, Vietnamese
Scenery; Environment; Something that Spreads out Limitlessly; Supports Life; Is Colorful with Trees; Grass; Flowers and Fruit
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime, France, probably named with Latin dei villa ‘settlement of (i.e. under the protection of) God’. This name was interpreted early on as a prepositional phrase de ville or de val and applied to dwellers in a town or valley (see Ville and Vale).English : nickname from Middle English devyle, Old English dēofol ‘devil’ (Latin diabolus, from Greek diabolos ‘slanderer’, ‘enemy’), referring to a mischievous youth or perhaps to someone who had acted the role of the Devil in a pageant or mystery play.French : variant of Ville, with the preposition de.
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Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, FREEMAN means "freeman."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
British, English
Sacred Ruler
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Danish, French, Muslim
Enthusiasm
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Loyal honest
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fearless Guided by Light
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
A place of worship
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Leader; Ruler of the World
Boy/Male
American, English
Respelling of Zachary
Girl/Female
Indian
Glows Forever; Glittering Pearl; Glows Always
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a.
Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.
n.
An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.
v. t.
To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
n.
The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
n.
The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
n.
The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.
n.
The act of depositing; deposition.
n.
That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.
n.
The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
n.
The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.
v. i.
A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
a.
Of or pertaining to a preposition; of the nature of a preposition.
a.
Pertaining to disposition.
a.
Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation.
n.
A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
n.
Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
v. i.
To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
a.
Of or pertaining to position.