suspension
the act of suspending.
the state of being suspended.
temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc.
stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency.
Chemistry.
the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved.
a substance in such a state.
Physical Chemistry. a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation (mechanical suspension ) or by the molecular motion in the surrounding medium (colloidal suspension ).
something on or by which something else is suspended or hung.
something that is suspended or hung.
Also called suspension system. the arrangement of springs, shock absorbers, hangers, etc., in an automobile, railway car, etc., connecting the wheel-suspension units or axles to the chassis frame.
Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended.
Music.
the prolongation of a tone in one chord into the following chord, usually producing a temporary dissonance.
the tone so prolonged.
Rhetoric. the heightening of interest by delay of the main subject or clause, especially by means of a series of parallel preceding elements.
Origin of suspension
1Other words for suspension
Other words from suspension
- non·sus·pen·sion, noun
- pre·sus·pen·sion, noun
- re·sus·pen·sion, noun
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How to use suspension in a sentence
In 2017, the law was amended to specify that it allowed “the temporary suspension of telecom services.”
How India became the world’s leader in internet shutdowns | Katie McLean | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewBarcelona won’t have Arturo Vidal or Sergio Busquets due to suspension, and I think Ousmane Dembélé may still be recovering from injury.
The Champions League Is Back, And All We Want To Talk About Is Atalanta | Tony Chow (tony.chow@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 6, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightShe pointed to several reasons the suspensions may be happening.
School Leaders Can’t Suspend the Discipline Discussion Any Longer | Will Huntsberry | July 16, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSeveral parents spoke of kindergarten suspensions that stuck with their children for years.
The Learning Curve: Defund Police Movement Comes to San Diego Schools | Will Huntsberry | July 2, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThen the scientists directed short pulses of low-intensity ultrasound at this suspension.
New ultrasound treatment kills off cancer cells | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 10, 2020 | Science News For Students
But, even given the necessary suspension of disbelief, does it work?
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn hindsight, however, he feels that the suspension has “had a positive impact on the fraternal community.”
In essence, they placed a bunch of solar panels in the form of a suspension bridge on top of the lift.
This suspension, Masters said, had been forced upon ARNN by the Dial Global lawsuit.
“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
Chicago Priests Raped and Pillaged for 50 Years | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChyloid exudates are milky chiefly from proteids in suspension, or fine dbris from broken-down cells.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddOn leaving Conway we crossed the suspension bridge, paying a goodly toll for the privilege.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyIn 1850 a suspension bridge at Angers gave way when 487 soldiers were marching over it, and 226 were killed.
In the suspension bridge iron or steel can be used in its strongest form, namely hard-drawn wire.
Some suspension bridges have broken down in consequence of the oscillations produced by bodies of men marching in step.
British Dictionary definitions for suspension
/ (səˈspɛnʃən) /
an interruption or temporary revocation: the suspension of a law
a temporary debarment, as from position, privilege, etc
a deferment, esp of a decision, judgment, etc
law
a postponement of execution of a sentence or the deferring of a judgment, etc
a temporary extinguishment of a right or title
cessation of payment of business debts, esp as a result of insolvency
the act of suspending or the state of being suspended
a system of springs, shock absorbers, etc, that supports the body of a wheeled or tracked vehicle and insulates it and its occupants from shocks transmitted by the wheels: See also hydraulic suspension
a device or structure, usually a wire or spring, that serves to suspend or support something, such as the pendulum of a clock
chem a dispersion of fine solid or liquid particles in a fluid, the particles being supported by buoyancy: See also colloid
the process by which eroded particles of rock are transported in a river
music one or more notes of a chord that are prolonged until a subsequent chord is sounded, usually to form a dissonance
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Scientific definitions for suspension
[ sə-spĕn′shən ]
A mixture in which small particles of a substance are dispersed throughout a gas or liquid. If a suspension is left undisturbed, the particles are likely to settle to the bottom. The particles in a suspension are larger than those in either a colloid or a solution. Muddy water is an example of a suspension. Compare colloid solution.
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