dry deposition
Americannoun
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Nanoplastics can travel through the air and fall into the ocean with rain or settle directly onto the water's surface through a process known as dry deposition.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Acid rain is a term referring to a mixture of wet and dry deposition from the atmosphere containing higher than normal amounts of nitric and sulfuric acids.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
The testimony is funny in a very dry, deposition transcript sort of way, but the real highlight is the Photoshop of Stephen Miller as a gargoyle.
From Slate • May 22, 2018
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