ALL meanings of suspension
sus·pen·sion
S s - noun suspension hanging by cables, etc. 1
- noun suspension postponement 1
- noun suspension car: shock insulation 1
- noun suspension act of withholding, depriving 1
- noun suspension the act of suspending. 1
- noun suspension the state of being suspended. 1
- noun suspension temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc. 1
- noun suspension stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency. 1
- noun suspension Chemistry. the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved. a substance in such a state. 1
- noun suspension 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) 1
- noun suspension something on or by which something else is suspended or hung. 1
- noun suspension something that is suspended or hung. 1
- noun suspension 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. 1
- noun suspension Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended. 1
- noun suspension Music. the prolongation of a tone in one chord into the following chord, usually producing a temporary dissonance. the tone so prolonged. 1
- noun suspension Rhetoric. the heightening of interest by delay of the main subject or clause, especially by means of a series of parallel preceding elements. 1
- uncountable noun suspension The suspension of something is the act of delaying or stopping it for a while or until a decision is made about it. 0
- variable noun suspension Someone's suspension is their removal from a job or position for a period of time or until a decision is made about them. 0
- variable noun suspension A vehicle's suspension consists of the springs and other devices attached to the wheels, which give a smooth ride over uneven ground. 0
- noun suspension an interruption or temporary revocation 0
- noun suspension a temporary debarment, as from position, privilege, etc 0
- noun suspension a deferment, esp of a decision, judgment, etc 0
- noun suspension a postponement of execution of a sentence or the deferring of a judgment, etc 0
- noun suspension a temporary extinguishment of a right or title 0
- noun suspension cessation of payment of business debts, esp as a result of insolvency 0
- noun suspension the act of suspending or the state of being suspended 0
- noun suspension a system of springs, shock absorbers, etc, that supports the body of a wheeled or tracked vehicle and insulates it and its occupants from shocks transmitted by the wheels 0
- noun suspension a device or structure, usually a wire or spring, that serves to suspend or support something, such as the pendulum of a clock 0
- noun suspension a dispersion of fine solid or liquid particles in a fluid, the particles being supported by buoyancy 0
- noun suspension the process by which eroded particles of rock are transported in a river 0
- noun suspension one or more notes of a chord that are prolonged until a subsequent chord is sounded, usually to form a dissonance 0
- noun suspension a suspending or being suspended 0
- noun suspension a temporary barring from an office, school, etc. 0
- noun suspension a temporary stoppage of payment, service, etc. 0
- noun suspension a temporary canceling, as of rules 0
- noun suspension a deferring of action on a sentence 0
- noun suspension a holding back of a judgment, etc. 0
- noun suspension a supporting device or framework upon or from which something is suspended 0
- noun suspension the system of springs, shocks, etc. supporting a vehicle upon its undercarriage or axles 0
- noun suspension the act or means of suspending the balance or pendulum in a timepiece 0
- noun suspension the condition of a substance whose particles are dispersed through a fluid but not dissolved in it, esp. the condition of one having relatively large particles that will separate out on standing 0
- noun suspension a substance in this condition 0
- noun suspension the continuing of one or more tones of one chord into a following chord while the other tones are changed, so that a temporary dissonance is created 0
- noun suspension the tone or tones so continued 0
- noun suspension A vehicle's suspension consists of the springs and other devices attached to the wheels, which give a smooth ride over uneven ground. 0
- noun suspension A suspension is a dispersion of fine solid or liquid particles in a less dense liquid or gas. 0