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   suspension

   /səˈspɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of suspending someone or something or the condition of being suspended: "the suspension of military action" Similar adjournmentinterruptionpostponementdelaydeferraldefermentshelvingstaymoratoriumarrestintermissioninterludeprorogationtablingabeyancereschedulinghiatuslacunalullrestbreakpauserespitearmisticecessationendhaltstoppagecutting shortdissolutiondisbandmentterminationexclusiondebarmentremovaltemporary removaleliminationrejectionexpulsionejectionevictionrusticationOpposite continuationresumption
   • 2. the system of springs and shock absorbers by which a vehicle is supported on its wheels: "modifications have been made to the car's rear suspension"
   • 3. a mixture in which particles are dispersed throughout the bulk of a fluid: "a suspension of maize starch in arachis oil"
   • ▪ a state in which particles are dispersed throughout a fluid: "the agitator in the vat keeps the slurry in suspension"
   • 4. a discord made by prolonging a note of a chord into the following chord.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from Latin suspensio(n-), from the verb suspendere (see suspend).

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