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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