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Suspension

noun

A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy.

A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. Synonyms: break, intermission, interruption, pause.

Temporary cessation or suspension. Synonym: abeyance.

An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. Synonyms: abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite.

A mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle. Synonym: suspension system.

The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely). Synonyms: dangling, hanging.

A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc). Synonym: temporary removal.

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"Suspension" Quotes from Famous Books

... remarkable—as the long continuity of French literary history. From its beginning down to the actual moment, French literature has suffered no serious break in the course of its development. There have been periods of greater, and periods of less, prosperity and fruit; but wastes of marked suspension and barrenness, there ...

— Classic French Course in English • William Cleaver Wilkinson

... pale blue, not yellow; and looking through my slit bamboo blinds, I could see the great dog standing, not sleeping, in the veranda, the hackles alift on her back, and her feet planted as tensely as the drawn wire rope of a suspension bridge. In the very short pauses of the thunder I tried to sleep, but it seemed that some one wanted me very badly. He, whoever he was, was trying to call me by name, but his voice was no more than a husky whisper. ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... and is examined upon it by two or more doctors, who are ordered by the University statutes not to treat any victim of this rigorous and tremendous examination otherwise than if he were their own son, and are threatened with grave penalties, including suspension for a year. The College then votes upon his case, each doctor saying openly and clearly, and without any qualification, "Approbo" or "Reprobo," and if the decision is favourable he is now a Licentiate and has to face only the expensive but not otherwise ...

— Life in the Medieval University • Robert S. Rait

... fired. At the same season of the year, the same operation can still be witnessed at the same place—the narrow ledge beneath the cliff, along the river-bank, especially near the abutment of the broken Suspension Bridge. ...

— Neville Trueman the Pioneer Preacher • William Henry Withrow

... brightness and illusion. spells. A spell is properly a magical form of words (A.S. spel, a saying): here it refers to the whole enchantment employed. spongy air: so called because it holds in suspension the ...

— Milton's Comus • John Milton

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