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"
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
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 supportinggalvanometer 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.)
Definitions of suspension 
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
