SUSPENSION

suspension, temporary removal

(noun) a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

suspension, dangling, hanging

(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”

suspension, suspension system

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

suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement

(noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

abeyance, suspension

(noun) temporary cessation or suspension

suspension

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

pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension

(noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

suspension (countable and uncountable, plural suspensions)

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

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

(chemistry) (physics) 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.

Thus a kind of silt or sludge.

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

The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.

(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).

(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.

(Scotland, law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.

(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.

(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.

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

Synonyms

• (education): out-of-school suspension

• (temporary or conditional delay): halt, intermission, interruption, stop; see also pause

• (music): syncope

Source: Wiktionary

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Sus*pen"sion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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