Definitions for suspension
suspension
sus·pen·sion
Spelling: [suh-spen-shuh n]
IPA: /səˈspɛn ʃən/
Suspension is a 10 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 317 anagrams from letters in suspension (einnopsssu).
Definitions for suspension
noun
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the act of suspending.
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the state of being suspended.
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temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc.
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stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency.
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Chemistry.
the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved.
a substance in such a state.
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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)
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something on or by which something else is suspended or hung.
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something that is suspended or hung.
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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.
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Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended.
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Music.
the prolongation of a tone in one chord into the following chord, usually producing a temporary dissonance.
the tone so prolonged.
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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
1520-30; Latin suspēnsiōn- (stem of suspēnsiō), equivalent to suspēns(us) (see suspense) + -iōn- -ion
Examples for suspension
The episode that had caused her suspension seemed entirely forgotten.
Twenty things may happen to afford me a suspension at least: Why should I be so very uneasy?
Faraday always recommended the suspension of judgment in cases of doubt.
This suspension, Masters said, had been forced upon ARNN by the Dial Global lawsuit.
In 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.
His punishment: suspension from all team activities indefinitely, pending a criminal investigation of the charges.
It is obvious that a great deal depends on the mode of suspension.
“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
Hansen made use of the mode of suspension exhibited in Fig. 3.