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UK
/səspˈɛnʃən/
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[ US /səˈspɛnʃən/ ]
[ US /səˈspɛnʃən/ ]
NOUN
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- temporary cessation or suspension
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the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait - a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
- a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
How To Use suspension In A Sentence
- The dyes are in the form of a suspension of particles which, for reasons not fully understood, are adsorbed onto the surface of ligno-cellulosic fibres such as sisal, abaca and fique. Chapter 8
- I'm not sure whether the Tower is actually the city's highest point, but certainly we seemed on a level with the tops of the Suspension Bridge towers.
- Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted. Saying Something
- The trouble with this sobriety lark, which I embarked upon at the start of the year, is that I find my critical facilities have been restored after some 30 years' suspension.
- Spring suspension had not yet arrived, and the carriage body jounced against a hard leather strap that kept it from crashing through the wheels. The King's Best Highway
- No “do not suspend” order on file, so he was placed in cryogenic suspension. 365 tomorrows » 2007 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
- Is it only a war zone for constitutional suspension clause purposes if the detainee is accused of being involved with the localized conflict (this would follow with Eisentrager too)? The Volokh Conspiracy » No Habeas Jurisdiction Over Bagram Air Force Base
- A bomb exploded at the American Center in Katmandu last week which lead to the consolidation of all volunteers, evacuation and now suspension of the program altogether. Wanderlustress:
- The cost savings paid for the SUV's independent rear suspension, which can be shared with the pickup should the market demand it.
- They face indefinite suspension while charges of gross misconduct are investigated.