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sus⋅pen⋅sion
[suh-spen-shuh
n]
–noun
| 1. | the act of suspending. |
| 2. | the state of being suspended. |
| 3. | temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc. |
| 4. | stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency. |
| 5. | Chemistry.
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| 6. | 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). |
| 7. | something on or by which something else is suspended or hung. |
| 8. | something that is suspended or hung. |
| 9. | 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. |
| 10. | Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended. |
| 11. | Music.
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| 12. | Rhetoric. the heightening of interest by delay of the main subject or clause, especially by means of a series of parallel preceding elements. |
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Suspension
Sus*pen"sion\, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend.]1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook. 2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation; as: (a) Of labor, study, pain, etc. (b) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced. (c) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank. (d) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment. (e) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman. (f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act. 3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. 4. The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state. 5. (Rhet.) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. 6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. 7. (Mus.) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation. Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : suspension
Spanish:
suspensión,
German:
der Aufhängen,
Japanese:
つり下がり
suspension
1421, "temporary halting or deprivation," from L. suspensionem (nom. suspensio) "the act or state of hanging up, a vaulting," from pp. stem of suspendere "to hang" (see suspend).
"A semblance of truth sufficient to procure for these shadows of imagination that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith." [Coleridge, "Biographia Literaria," 1817]Meaning "action of hanging by a support from above" is attested from 1546. Suspension bridge first recorded 1821.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sus·pen·sion
Function: noun
: the act of suspending : the state or period of being suspended
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: sus·pen·sion
Pronunciation: s&-'spen-ch&n
Function: noun
1 a : the state of a substance when its particles aremixed with but undissolved in a fluid or solid b : a substance in this state
2 : a system consisting of a solid dispersed in a solid, liquid, or gas usually inparticles of larger than colloidal size
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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suspension sus·pen·sion (sə-spěn'shən)
n.
- A noncolloidal dispersion of solid particles in a liquid, often used for pharmaceutical preparations.
- The fixation of an organ to other tissue for support, as the uterus.
- The hanging of a part from a support, such as a plaster-encased limb.
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| suspension (sə-spěn'shən) Pronunciation Key
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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suspension
In lazy evaluation, a suspension (or in Henderson's terminology, a "recipe") is a closure with a flag indicating whether the expression has been evaluated or not. When the expression is evaluated the first time, this flag is set. Subsequent requests for the value of the expression will not attempt to re-evaluate it.
(1995-02-06)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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