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suspension

sus·pen·sion

US/səˈspɛnʃən/ fairly common

noun

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

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a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

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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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.

Phrases

  • 4-3 suspension
  • 7-6 suspension
  • 9-8 suspension
  • air suspension
  • in-school suspension
  • out-of-school suspension
  • pleas in suspension
  • points of suspension

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