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.
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.
A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.
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.
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.
From Late Latin suspensiō, suspensiōnem, from suspendēre, from suspendō, from sub- + pendere (from pendō, from Proto-Italic *pendō ("to hang, to put in a hanging position"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti, from *(s)pend-). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.
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