- suspension
- suspension [sə spen′shən]n.[ML suspensio < LL, an arching < L suspensus: see SUSPENSE]1. a suspending or being suspended; specif.,a) a temporary barring from an office, school, etc.b) a temporary stoppage of payment, service, etc.c) a temporary canceling, as of rulesd) a deferring of action on a sentencee) a holding back of a judgment, etc.2. a supporting device or framework upon or from which something is suspended3. the system of springs, shocks, etc. supporting a vehicle upon its undercarriage or axles4. the act or means of suspending the balance or pendulum in a timepiece5. Chem.a) 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: cf. COLLOIDb) a substance in this condition6. Musica) 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 createdb) the tone or tones so continued
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.