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Definition of Suspension

1. Noun. A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy.

2. Noun. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.

3. Noun. Temporary cessation or suspension.

4. Noun. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.

5. Noun. A mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle.

6. Noun. The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely). "There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

7. Noun. A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc).

Definition of Suspension

1. n. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Definition of Suspension

1. Noun. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. ¹

2. Noun. A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation. ¹

3. Noun. The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining. ¹

4. Noun. The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow. ¹

5. Noun. The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allow the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants. ¹

6. Noun. (context: Scots Law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. ¹

7. Noun. (music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. ¹

8. Noun. (topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point. ¹

9. Noun. (topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suspension

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suspension

suspens suspensation suspensations suspense suspense account suspenseful suspensefully suspensefulness suspenseless suspenser

suspensers suspenses suspensibilities suspensibility suspensible suspension (current term) suspension bridge suspension of disbelief suspension point suspension system

suspensionless suspensions suspensive suspensively suspensiveness suspensor suspensories suspensors suspensory suspensory bandage

Literary usage of Suspension

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Some suspension bridges have broken down in consequence of the ... In 1850 a suspension bridge cable was carried on a separate saddle on rollers on each ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"suspension bridges have not been used for railroad spans to any great extent, as with wire cables and a stiffening truss along the floor line it is ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"suspension OF HABEAS CORPUS, WITH RULES OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ... That, during the suspension aforesaid, no military or other officer shall be compelled, ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"L THE following Act of Congress " for the suspension o_f the Writ of Habeas Corpus in certain cases," with the instructions of the' War Department, ..."

5. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly (1895)
"474 947 On suspension of constitutional rules on House Bill No.583 918 On ... 313 99» On suspension of constitution il rules on Engrossed House Bill No. ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1881)
"The bifilar suspension has already been described in Art. 459 as applied to magnets. The arrangement of the upper part of the suspension is shewn in Fig. ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"On Suicide by Strangulation without suspension. By N. JACQUIER. Paris & Troyes, 1851: pp. 31.—This little pamphlet contains the history of eighteen cases of ..."

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