Suspended Animation

Definition: Suspended Animation

Suspended Animation

Noun

1. A temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia.

Synonyms within Context: Suspended Animation

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Insensibility	Torpor, torpidity; obstupefaction, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state; sleep; suspended animation; stupor, stupefaction; paralysis, palsy; numbness; (physical insensibility).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Specialty Definition: Suspended animation

Suspended animation is the technical term for the slowing without termination of life processes by external means. Outside science fiction, the technique is hypothetical. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means. Extreme cold is used to precipitate the slowing of an individual's functions; use of this process had led to the developing science of cryonics.

Placing astronauts in suspended animation has been proposed as the only practical way for an individual to reach the end of an interplanetary or interstellar journey. It is also a common device in fiction used to transport individuals from one time period to another.

Among the characters or works that utilize suspended animation are:

Edward Bellamy's 1887 novel Looking Backward
Robert Heinlein's 1957 novel The Door Into Summer
Captain America, who survived the end of World War II and was revived by the Avengers in the 1960s;
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed" and Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Neutral Zone", in which individuals from the late 20th century are revived three and four centuries later, respectively;
Woody Allen's movie Sleeper
The anime Inuyasha.

Commercial Usage: Suspended Animation

Domain	Title
Books	Suspended Animation (Harlequin Intrigue, No 99) (reference) (more book examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Suspended Animation

Modern Translation: Suspended Animation

Language		Translations for "suspended animation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		висящо положение, летаргия (dormancy, hibernation, lethargy, quiescence, quiescency), безсъзнание (blackout, insensibility, unconsciousness). (various references)

Finnish		valekuolema (apparent death). (various references)

German		scheintod (apparent death). (various references)

Pig Latin		uspendedsay animationay

Turkish		geçici ölüm, bir süre için ölüm. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Suspended Animation

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	Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-n-o-p-s-s-t-u"
	-5 letters: inanimateness, mountainsides, pneumonitides, unimpassioned.
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Suspended Animation

Definition: Suspended Animation