Lerakódási

Lerakódási is a Hungarian adjective relating to the process or result of lerakódás, meaning deposition, accumulation, or settling. It is used to describe phenomena in which material accumulates on surfaces or forms layers over time, and appears in technical, scientific and everyday language to qualify processes or features associated with such accumulation.

In geology and geomorphology, lerakódási jelenségek refer to sediment deposition that produces strata, deltas, alluvial fans and other layered deposits. Lerakódási környezet (depositional environment) characterizes the physical conditions—such as river, marine or wind settings—under which sediments accumulate and lithify. In stratigraphy it helps infer past environments and processes.

In environmental science and engineering, lerakódási folyamatok concern the settling of particulates, atmospheric wet and dry deposition of pollutants, and the formation of scale or fouling in pipes and equipment. In materials science and chemistry, the term is applied to thin-film deposition, precipitation from solution, and surface coatings. In medicine and biology, lerakódási is used for pathological accumulations such as atherosclerotic plaque or calcifications.

Linguistically, lerakódási derives from the verb lerakódik (to be deposited) and the noun lerakódás (deposition). As an adjective it commonly appears in compound terms (e.g., lerakódási réteg, lerakódási sebesség) to describe attributes of deposition processes or deposits themselves.