suspension

UK /səˈspɛnʃən/ US /səˈspɛnʃən/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

suspension from a hook

2

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

Fear of dioxin emissions led to suspension of efforts to establish a waste-to-energy plant at the Brooklyn Navy yard.

3

The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

As the solids clump together, they get heavier causing them to fall out of suspension in the water.

4

Thus a kind of silt or sludge.

5

The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

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