Definition of Suspinsion
Sus*pen"sion (?), n. [Cf. F.
suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect
pronunciation. See Suspend.] 1. The act of
suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as,
suspension from a hook.
2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption,
or cessation; as: (a) Of labor, study,
pain, etc. (b) Of decision, determination,
judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion
in view of evidence to be produced. (c) Of
the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile
firm or of a bank. (d) Of punishment, or
sentence of punishment. (e) Of a person in
respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as,
the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
(f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as,
the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or
delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a
condition.
4. 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.
5. (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.
6. (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.
7. (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.
Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which
temporarily abate or suspend a suit. -- Points of
suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or
beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are
suspended. -- Suspension bridge, a bridge
supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high
piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground
beyond. -- Suspension of arms (Mil.),
a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the
commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making
proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. -- Suspension
scale, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended
from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it.
Syn. -- Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
Sus*pen"sion (?), n. [Cf. F.
suspension, L. suspensio arched work, imperfect
pronunciation. See Suspend.] 1. The act of
suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as,
suspension from a hook.
2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption,
or cessation; as: (a) Of labor, study,
pain, etc. (b) Of decision, determination,
judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or opinion
in view of evidence to be produced. (c) Of
the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile
firm or of a bank. (d) Of punishment, or
sentence of punishment. (e) Of a person in
respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as,
the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
(f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as,
the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or
delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a
condition.
4. 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.
5. (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.
6. (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.
7. (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.
Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which
temporarily abate or suspend a suit. -- Points of
suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or
beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are
suspended. -- Suspension bridge, a bridge
supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high
piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground
beyond. -- Suspension of arms (Mil.),
a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the
commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making
proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. -- Suspension
scale, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended
from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it.
Syn. -- Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended
- A temporary delay, interruption, or cessation; Of labor, study, pain, etc.; Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; Of judgment or opinion in view of evidence to be produced.; Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.; Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.; Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.; Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
- A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
- 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.
- 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.
- (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.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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