Noun

(en noun)

The removal of someone from office.

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

(chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.

(legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

(meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.

(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

(religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

Noun

(uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.}}

(countable) The act by which something is heard.

* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)

To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings , smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires

(uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.

(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.

* {{quote-news, date=21 August 2012, first=Ed, last=Pilkington, newspaper=The Guardian

, title= Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die? , passage=Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time. The hearing will be unprecedented in its remit, but at its core will be a simple issue: should Reggie Clemons live or die?}}