dry deposition

1. See under acid deposition

Example Sentences

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

Most scientists presumed mercury deposited from the atmosphere came either from raindrops that had absorbed the element from the air or via "dry deposition," in which the vaporized atoms stick to or chemically react with an exposed surface, said Peter Weiss-Penzias, a chemist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Seattle Times