suspension
Definitions
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WordNet 3.6
- n suspension a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
- n suspension the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"
- n suspension a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
- n suspension an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- n suspension temporary cessation or suspension
- n suspension a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy
- n suspension a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Interesting fact: The world's longest suspension bridge opened to traffic on April 5, 1998. The 3,911-meter (12,831-feet) Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is 580 meters (1,900 feet) longer than the Humber Bridge in England, the previous record holder.
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- Suspension A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
- Suspension (Rhet) A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.
- Suspension (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
- Suspension Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
- Suspension Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
- Suspension Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
- Suspension Of labor, study, pain, etc.
- Suspension Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
- Suspension Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
- Suspension Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
- Suspension The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
- Suspension (Mus) The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.
- Suspension The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n suspension The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; the act or state of hanging from a support; hence, the state of being held up or kept in any way from falling or sinking, as in a liquid.
- n suspension The act of suspending, or delaying, interrupting, ceasing, or stopping for a time; the state of being delayed, interrupted, etc. The act of stopping or ceasing: as, a suspension of pain.
- n suspension The act of refraining from decision, determination, sentence, execution, or the like: as, a suspension of judgment or opinion.
- n suspension The act of causing the operation or effect of something to cease for a time: as, the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.
- n suspension The act of ceasing to pay debts or claims on account of financial inability; business failure: as, the suspension of a bank or commercial house.
- n suspension Temporary deprivation of office, power, prerogative, or any other privilege: as, the suspension of an officer or of a clergyman.
- n suspension In law: The temporary stop of a man's right, as when a seigniory, rent, or other profit out of land lies dormant for a time, by reason of the unity of possession of the seigniory, rent, etc., and of the land out of which they issue.
- n suspension In Scots law, a process in the supreme civil or criminal court by which execution or diligence on a sentence or decree is stayed until the judgment of the supreme court is obtained on the point.
- n suspension That which is suspended or hung up, or that which is held up, as in a liquid.
- n suspension The act of keeping a person in suspense or doubt.
- n suspension In music: The act, process, or result of prolonging or sustaining a tone in one chord into a following chord, in which at first it is a dissonance, but into which it is immediately merged by a conjunct progression upward or downward. The sounding of the tone in the first chord is called the preparation of the suspension, its dissonant sounding in the second the percussion, and its final passage into consonance the resolution. Usually the term suspension is used only when the resolution is downward, retardation being the common term when the resolution is upward. (See retardation, 4 .) When two or more voice-parts undergo suspension at once, the suspension is called double, triple, etc. Suspension was the earliest method selected for introducing dissonances into regular composition. (See preparation, 9 .) Its success depends largely on the exact harmonic relations of the suspended tone to the chord in which it is dissonant, and on the way in which its dissonance is rhythmically emphasized.
- n suspension The tone thus suspended.
- n suspension In a vehicle, any method of supporting the body clear of the axles, as by springs, side-bars, or straps.
- n suspension Bankruptcy, etc. See failure.
- n suspension A fluid, containing bacteria or other cells, distributed in a more or loss even manner.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- ns Suspension act of suspending: interruption: delay: temporary privation of office or privilege: a conditional withholding
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Quotations
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“Suspense is worst than disappointment.” -
“The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last.” -
“Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.” -
“We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.” -
“That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith.”
Etymology
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio, arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. suspendĕre—sub, beneath, pendēre, pensum, to hang.
Usage
In literature:
All eyes were fixed on the king's features in anxious suspense.
"An Egyptian Princess, Complete" by Georg Ebers
There ensued an instant's pause, possessing a certain quality of suspense.
"The Sky Line of Spruce" by Edison Marshall
If you have indeed been with those who have taken the control of our city, do not keep us in suspense.
"A Beleaguered City" by Mrs. Oliphant
Again time passed; seconds that seemed minutes, minutes that were a hell of suspense.
"Where the Trail Divides" by Will Lillibridge
Much of this dreary interval of perpetual doubt and suspense was spent beside John Saltram's sick bed.
"Fenton's Quest" by M. E. Braddon
Josephine waited for further intelligence in an agony of suspense.
"Queen Hortense" by L. Mühlbach
Every one felt that Mr. Rose was master of the occasion, and awaited his next step in terrified suspense.
"Eric" by Frederic William Farrar
During that moment of acute suspense Richard Lambert was quietly co-ordinating his thoughts.
"The Nest of the Sparrowhawk" by Baroness Orczy
Section V. Of Indefinite Suspension.
"The Principles of Masonic Law" by Albert G. Mackey
The suspension or prolongation of a movement is one of the great sources of effect.
"Delsarte System of Oratory" by Various
While the battle is still in suspense a soldier looks with but faint emotion, and almost without pity, upon the dead and wounded.
"Overland" by John William De Forest
That way was very simple, and we hold it no longer in suspense.
"Strange True Stories of Louisiana" by George Washington Cable
It counted on no immediate results, but the "suspension pending investigation" was to take place within a few weeks.
"The Rules of the Game" by Stewart Edward White
Fate had decreed it so, she was to be his wife; but one thing she need not endure, and that was unnecessary suspense.
"Evelyn Innes" by George Moore
But the other simply could not wait a minute longer in suspense.
"The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories" by Algernon Blackwood
This meant release from a suspense more intolerable than the most perilous action.
"Capturing a Locomotive" by William Pittenger
At eight o'clock in the morning he was listening in the greatest suspense to every step that approached his door.
"A Twofold Life" by Wilhelmine von Hillern
After that he passed some sixty hours in all the agonies of suspense.
"South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6)" by Louis Creswicke
They listened a moment in anxious suspense, and then they leaped to their feet in alarm.
"The War Trail" by Elmer Russell Gregor
Tom waited his words in suspense.
"The Walking Delegate" by Leroy Scott
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In poetry:
One moment more of sad suspense
And those dark trees are past;
The lonely well bursts on his sight
And they are met at last!
And those dark trees are past;
The lonely well bursts on his sight
And they are met at last!
"Alexander And Zenobia" by Anne Bronte
As I have kept by land and sea
That tryst for half a century;
Entranced in sibylline suspense
Beyond a world of common-sense.
That tryst for half a century;
Entranced in sibylline suspense
Beyond a world of common-sense.
"Moon-Lover" by Robert W Service
By ceaseless waves, that break and waste,
All human record is effaced:
Only our love in brief defence
Shall hold the billow in suspense.
All human record is effaced:
Only our love in brief defence
Shall hold the billow in suspense.
"An Epitaph" by John Le Gay Brereton
And yet they stand in dread suspense,
Till Pity kindly leads them hence,
And fitting robes for each prepare
To brave a less salubrious air.
Till Pity kindly leads them hence,
And fitting robes for each prepare
To brave a less salubrious air.
"Banishment Of Man From The Garden Of The Lord" by James Madison Bell
'Tween clearing faith and clouding sense,
I walk in darkness and in light.
I'm certain oft, when in suspense,
While sure by faith, and not by sight.
I walk in darkness and in light.
I'm certain oft, when in suspense,
While sure by faith, and not by sight.
"The Believer's Riddle; or, the Mystery of Faith" by Ralph Erskine
And the Players are bought and sold —like tripe
—Imagine the cruel suspense —
When I was put up for auction
And I didn't fetch eighteen pence !
—Imagine the cruel suspense —
When I was put up for auction
And I didn't fetch eighteen pence !
"One Over The Eight (Football Score!)" by T W Connor
In news:
The Nature Of Suspense And Our Love Of Cover Songs.
Ed Reed's 1-Game Suspension Reduced.
NFL Live OT Reacts To Ed Reed's Suspension.
1962 International Harvester Scout 80 Rear Suspension.
Teen faces suspension over rosary beads.
With a positively glowing cast, Head Over Heels is quite the best suspense-comedy to come along since Colin Higgins' Foul Play.
Rivas gets two-game suspension for headbutt .
Montreal Impact defender Nelson Rivas ' vicious headbutt on Philadelphia Union forward Antoine Hoppenot earned him a two-game suspension in addition to the automatic one-game suspension he received for being red carded.
Claude Giroux earned a two-minute minor penalty for head contact on his hit to Dainius Zubrus during Game 4, but is a suspension warranted.
At first thought, Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith receiving a five game suspension for his elbow to the head of Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin seems harsh.
Other highlights include an electronic limited-slip differential and independent front suspension.
The failure of a cable support on the Sabo bridge has resulted in closure of the bridge, suspension of light-rail service at three stops and the rerouting of vehicle traffic on Hiawatha Avenue.
Monterey's Hippodrome faces ABC suspension and possible sale.
National Celebration issues lifetime suspension for horse trainer .
National Celebration issues lifetime suspension for horse trainer.
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In science:
The class of suspension semi-flows studied in the previous section belong to the boundary of hyperbolic systems.
Parabolic suspension flows
Iommi, Suspension flows over countable Markov shifts, J.
Parabolic suspension flows
Wolf, Dimension of measures for suspension flows, Dyn.
Parabolic suspension flows
Jordan, Phase transitions for suspension flows, To appear in Comm.
Parabolic suspension flows
Melbourne and A. T¨or¨ok, Statistical limit theorems for suspension flows, Israel J.
Parabolic suspension flows
L, which always is l Let ms be the measure on Ym induced by m via suspension; see [6, Chapter 11] for general background.
Random noble means substitutions
If X is the suspension of a simplex and the groups for both suspension vertices are ∼= Z/2, then Ends(G ) = 2.
Random graph products of finite groups are rational duality groups
In this paper, we make the additional assumption that the projective class is stable, that is, that P (or equivalently I ) is closed under suspension and desuspension.
Ghost numbers of Group Algebras
We write G for the ideal of ghosts in the stable module category, and F for all retracts of direct sums of suspensions of k in StMod(kG).
Ghost numbers of Group Algebras
In this section we allow our pro jective classes to be unstable, that is, we don’t assume that the pro jectives are closed under suspension and desuspension.
Ghost numbers of Group Algebras
So, when we build up M in a socle sequence in Theorem 4.1, we are only using maps from k , not all suspensions of k .
Ghost numbers of Group Algebras
Note that we use something close to unitary equivalence, and that there is no need to use asymptotic morphisms, no need to take suspensions, and (essentially because O∞ is purely infinite) no need to form formal differences of classes.
A Classification Theorem for Nuclear Purely Infinite Simple C*-Algebras
We describe the design of a Kalman filter that identifies suspension violin modes in an interferometric gravitational wave detectors data channel.
Removing Instrumental Artifacts: Suspension Violin Modes
Thermal and technical noise that disturbs the suspension excites these modes and move the mirrors, leading to an artifact in the gravitational wave channel.
Removing Instrumental Artifacts: Suspension Violin Modes
Gravitational waves give rise to a signal by changing the distance between the mirrors, but do not move or otherwise excite the suspension modes.
Removing Instrumental Artifacts: Suspension Violin Modes
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