Definitions of Suspension [əˈspɛn ʃən]

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Definition of 'Suspension'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) suspension
the act of suspending.

2.  suspension
the state of being suspended.

3.  suspension
temporary abrogation, as of a law or rule.

4.  suspension
temporary withholding, as of a decision or belief.

5.  suspension
temporary debarring, as from an office, school, or privilege.

6.  suspension
stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency.

7.  suspension
a state in which the particles of a chemical substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved.

8.  suspension
a substance in such a state.

9.  suspension
a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation or by the molecular motion of the medium.

10.  suspension
something on or by which something else is suspended or hung.

11.  suspension
something that is suspended or hung.

12.  suspension
Also called suspension system. the arrangement of springs, shock absorbers, etc., in a vehicle, connecting the wheel-suspension units or axles to the chassis frame.

13.  suspension
the prolongation of a musical tone in one chord into the following chord, usu. producing a temporary dissonance.

14.  suspension
the tone so prolonged.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L suspēnsiō=suspend(ere) (see suspend ) +-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'Suspension'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) suspension
a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

2. (noun) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

3. (noun) abeyance, suspension
temporary cessation or suspension

4. (noun) suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

5. (noun) suspension, suspension system
a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

6. (noun) suspension, dangling, hanging
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) suspension, temporary removal
a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

Definition of 'Suspension'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) suspension
the punishment of suspending sb from school or work, or the time when they are suspended
a two-day suspension from school; several suspensions in the department

2. suspension
the act of suspending an activity, or the time when it is suspended
a suspension of building work

3. suspension
the fact of being hung from sth
cables used for the suspension of the bridge

Definition of 'Suspension'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Suspension
the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook

2. (noun) Suspension
especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation

3. (noun) Suspension
of labor, study, pain, etc

4. (noun) Suspension
of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced

5. (noun) Suspension
of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank

6. (noun) Suspension
of punishment, or sentence of punishment

7. (noun) Suspension
of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman

8. (noun) Suspension
of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act

9. (noun) Suspension
a conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition

10. (noun) Suspension
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

11. (noun) Suspension
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

12. (noun) Suspension
a stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary

13. (noun) Suspension
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

Definition of 'Suspension'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. Suspension
This term is applied to methods of supporting galvanometer needles, balance beams, magnetic compass needles and similar objects which must be free to rotate. (See Suspension, Bifilar--Fibre and Spring Suspension--Fibre Suspension--Knife Edge Suspension--Pivot Suspension--Suspension, Torsion.)

Translation of 'Suspension'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the act of suspending.
Afrikaans: opskort	Arabic: تَعْليق، إرْجاء	Bulgarian: окачване
Brazilian: suspensão	Czech: zavěšení; zastavení	German: der Aufhängen
Danish: suspendering	Greek: ανάρτηση, αναστολή, αποβο	Spanish: suspensión
Estonian: katkestus, edasilükkamine	Farsi: تعليق	Finnish: keskeytys
French: suspension	Hebrew: הַשעָיָיה	Hindi: निलम्बन
Croatian: vješanje, obustavljanje	Hungarian: függés; felfüggesztés	Indonesian: ketegangan
Icelandic: tímabundinn brottrekstur	Italian: sospensione	Japanese: つり下がり
Korean: 부유, 정지, 보류	Lithuanian: kybojimas, sulaikymas	Latvian: atlikšana; izslēgšana (uz
Malay: penggantungan	Dutch: ophanging, opschorting	Norwegian: opphenging; midlertidig s
Polish: zawieszenie	Persian: تعليق	Pashto: تعلیق
Portuguese: suspensão	Romanian: suspendare	Russian: приостановка
Slovak: zavesenie; zastavenie	Slovenian: obešanje	Serbian: iščekivanje
Swedish: avstängning, suspendering	Thai: การหยุดชั่วคราว	Turkish: geçici olarak işten el çe
Taiwanese: 懸掛(浮)，暫停，停職	Ukrainian: підвішування; призупиненн	Urdu: التوا، معطلی
Vietnamese: sự đình chỉ, sự đuổi	Chinese: 悬挂（浮），暂停，停职
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