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Definition: Suspension |
SuspensionNoun1. A mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy. 2. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. 3. Temporary cessation or suspension. 4. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something. 5. A mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle. 6. The act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait". 7. A temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suspension" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Suspension \Sus*pen"sion\, noun. [Compare to the French expression suspension, from Latin expression suspensio arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend.]. (references) |
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Computing | Suspension In lazy evaluation, a suspension (or in Henderson's terminology, a "recipe") is a closure with a flag indicating whether the expression has been evaluated or not. When the expression is evaluated the first time, this flag is set. Subsequent requests for the value of the expression will not attempt to re-evaluate it. (1995-02-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | In physical chemistry, a system composed of one substance (suspended phase, suspensoid) dispersed throughout another substance (suspending phase) in a moderately finely divided state, but not so finely divided as to acquire the stability of a colloidal system.Given sufficient time, a suspension will, be definition, separate itself by gravitational action into two visibly distinct portions, whereas a colloidal system, by definition, is stable. Dust in the atmosphere is an example of a suspension of a solid in a gas. (references) |
Agriculture | A process under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act by which the Environmental Protection Agency can suspend the use of a pesticide in order to prevent an imminent hazard resulting from its continued use. An emergency suspension takes effect immediately; under an ordinary suspension a registrant can request a hearing before the suspension goes into effect. Such a hearing process might take several months. (references) |
Environment | Suspending the use of a pesticide when EPA deems it necessary to prevent an imminent hazard resulting from its continued use. An emergency suspension takes effect immediately; under an ordinary suspension a registrant can request a hearing before the suspension goes into effect. Such a hearing process might take six months. (references) |
Finance | The end of the evening session for specific futures and options markets traded at the Chicago Board of Trade. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A time-saving method used to consider legislation. By suspending the rules and passing the measure, this procedure has the effect of preventing any points of order from being raised against a measure for violation of a rule. Under this procedure, the bill is unamendable (except the motion to suspend the rules may propose to pass a measure in amended form) and debate on the motion and the measure is limited to forty minutes equally divided between a proponent and an opponent. A favorable vote of two-thirds, a quorum being present, is necessary for passage. This procedure is in order every Monday and Tuesday and is intended to be reserved for relatively noncontroversial bills. Suspensions are considered only in the House, not in the Committee of theWhole. The rules of the House Republican Conference prohibit the consideration of a bill under suspension which costs more than $100 million. This requirement can be waived by the Republican Leadership. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A suspension system is considered to be air suspended if at least 75% of the spring effect is caused by the air spring. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | The situation where, although the contract of employment remains in force and pay continues to be paid, the employee is removed from work, usually for reasons connected with disciplinary matters. . . it may also take the form of a temporary suspension e. g. when a police officer or doctor has been guilty of professional misconduct. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The condition of a mixture of solid particles and water or air in which the solid particles are individually supported, normally by means of an upwardly moving current and sometimes with the assistance of mechanical agitation b. A mode of sediment transport in which the upward currents in eddies of turbulent flow are capable of supporting the weight of sediment particles and keeping them indefinitely held in the surrounding fluid (such as silt in water or dust in air) c. The state of a substance in such a mode of transport; also, the substance itself d. A method of rock bolting employed to secure loose fragments or sectionsof rock that may fall from a mine roof. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | As the player leaves the floor, the right arm is cocked back with his right hand in line with his ear. The body is arched. Source: European Union. (references) |
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- suspension (chemistry)
- suspension bridge
- suspension (music)
- In engineering, a suspension is a system of shock absorbers and other supports which connect a vehicle to its wheels or a structure to its foundation.
- Suspension is a form of punishment in which a privilege is taken away for a specified period of time. For example, a driver's license may be suspended for an infraction of the traffic rules.
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In chemistry, a suspension is a dispersion (mixture) in which a finely-divided species is combined with another species, with the former being so finely divided and mixed that it doesn't rapidly settle out. In everyday life, the most common suspensions are those of solids in liquid water.The term is widely used in Earth sciences to describe the transport of sediments in rivers and oceans. Particles that are suspended remain suspended so long as energy (provided in the form of a current) is applied to the system. The amount of energy determines the maximum size of particle that can be suspended. All particles down to colloidal size will settle in the absence of energy (aggitation).
See also: turbidity, settleable solids, sediment transport
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In music theory, a suspension occurs when the harmony shifts from one chord to another, but one or more notes of the first chord are held over into the second, usually temporarily.
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For an audiovisual illustration of the concept of harmonic suspension, visit suspension and pedal point.
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Synonyms: SuspensionSynonyms: abatement (n), abeyance (n), break (n), dangling (n), hanging (n), hiatus (n), intermission (n), interruption (n), pause (n), reprieve (n), respite (n), suspension system (n), temporary removal (n). (additional references) |
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Cessation | Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture. |
Pacification | Truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire, cartel. |
Pendency | Noun: pendency, dependency; suspension, hanging; Verb: pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum; hangnail |
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Screenplays | The suspension of your sentence is conditional upon your continued cooperation with this programme (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.) He's on suspension. (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh) Now my idea for that little trick you pulled was three days suspension and refusal of your prom tickets (Carrie; writing credit: Lawrence D. Cohen; Stephen King) Forman's first suspension I'm so proud (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Points de suspension (1970) Circular Panorama of Suspension Bridge and American Falls (1901) | |
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 | Harold R. Wetmore pouring a cell suspension into a flask used to take samples for conducting cell counts. Credit: CDC. |  | The easy way - a suspension bridge Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Newburyport as seen from the northern bank of the Merrimac River. The bridge to the right is a chain suspension bridge. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | General view, looking north, showing the "sea side" of the structure. Photograph by Jet Lowe, 1984. (Reproduction Number: HAER, CAL,38-SANFRA,140-4) An international icon of American engineering genius, the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937 and remains one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. The main span of 4,200 feet crosses the turbulent waters at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Chief engineer Joseph B. Stern started the construction project in 1933. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | View through arch of east tower. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, March 1977. (Reproduction Number: HAER WVA,35-WHEEL,35-44) The Wheeling Suspension Bridge has been called "the father of American suspension bridges." Designed in 1849 by Charles Ellett as part of the National Road (later U.S. 40), the bridge spans a distance of 1,010 feet across the Ohio River so as to allow boats to pass underneath it. The bridge has been altered several times by noted engineers including Ellett's partner, William McComas, and William Hildenbrand. It remains the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the world that is still in use. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Photograph taken during World War II, showing the Medal of Honor with its anchor suspension device clipped to the outside of the ribbon. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Engineering drawing for a suspension bridge ("Proposed design for Chain Bridge") for George Oakley Totten, Jr., Washington, D.C. Plan and elevation. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The falls from Suspension Bridge / A.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Looking up East River showing Brooklyn Bridge and the new suspension bridge, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Boulder canyon reclamation project, Arizona and Nevada...General view of Black canyon and operations at the diversion tunnel outlet portals. A steel suspension bridge, being built by six companies, is seen in the foreground / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by B.D. Glaha for U.S.. |
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| "Suspension Bridge 2" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "The famous Laurel street Bridge, San Diego CA. If you are afraid of heights this is not the place for you." |
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Comte de Rivarol | Friendship among women is only a suspension of hostilities. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Appeal to the tribunal of the League of Nations does not require the suspension of the works. (reference) |
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Health | At times, levels of oral morbidity may interfere with oncologic therapy, necessitating suspension of therapy until such complications resolve. (references) | |
A variety of surgical techniques for the transvaginal or transabdominal suspension of the bladder neck yield a success rate between 80 and 95 percent in appropriately selected patients with stress incontinence at 1-year followup. (references) | ||
Oseltamivir is approved for treating uncomplicated influenza virus infection in people 18 years of age or older who have not had symptoms for more than two days. A liquid suspension of oseltamivir is approved for treating acute illness in children who are 1 year of age and older who have been symptomatic for no more than two days. Oseltamivir also is approved for preventing influenza A and B in people 13 years and older. (references) | ||
Business | Any violation of the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Qualification (CQ) will be grounds for suspension or cancellation. (references) | |
The use of aluminum continues to expand beyond engine and wheel applications to more structural frame, suspension and body panel applications. (references) | ||
The current franchised chains in the market concentrate mainly on express service in maintenance and light repair such as lubricating service, tire, brake, and suspension system. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Morocco | Under the code, the Prime Minister may order the indefinite suspension of a publication. (references) |
Kazakhstan | HBC-Press went out of business without resuming publication after the court-ordered suspension. (references) | |
Austria | Two of the three police officers who accompanied Omofuma were suspended; however, the suspension was lifted in February. (references) | |
Economic History | Suriname | Economic decline rapidly set in after the suspension of economic aid from the Netherlands. (references) |
Bangladesh | With the suspension of Export Enhancement Program, however, Bangladesh began to purchase lower-cost supplies. (references) | |
Costa Rica | The regime also facilitates a five-year renewable suspension of taxes on capital goods used to manufacture exported goods. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bahamas | Examples of disciplinary action include suspension without pay, fines, and dismissal. (references) |
Bahrain | The committee may recommend suspension or removal of a judge whose rulings do not meet court standards. (references) | |
Turkey | Other charges against him for 1995 and 1998 speeches were suspended mid-year under the Conditional Suspension of Sentences Law. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | ONIC maintained its suspension of dialog with the Government at year's end. (references) |
Political Economy | GHANA | There is currently a suspension in the payments of non-multilateral debts. (references) |
MOROCCO | Morocco has a temporary admission scheme that allows for suspension of duties and licensing requirements on imported inputs for export production. (references) | |
Political Rights | Rwanda | The announcement did not mention political party activities, but the parties continued to observe the suspension. (references) |
Argentina | In December 2000, Congress extended the suspension of the Corrientes provisional government for an additional year. (references) | |
Turkey | In July a similar case was adjudicated by the Court, concerning former "Re-birth" party leader Hasan Celal Guzel, who had also been convicted under Article 312. The Court allowed Guzel to resume political activities by ruling that the December 2000 Conditional Suspension of Sentences Law effectively released him from a previous political ban. (references) | |
Trade | Senegal | Goods imported under the warehouse system benefit from total suspension of duties and taxes for 12 months, with the possibility of renewal. (references) |
Philippines | Executive Order No. 314, effective November 8, 2000, mandated a three-month suspension of a three percent import tariff on crude oil and most refined petroleum products. (references) | |
Costa Rica | The active finishing regime, which dies in 2003, provides for temporary admission and suspension of duty collection for material and equipment used to produce goods that are subsequently exported. (references) | |
Travel | Chad | The Code covers four aspects of work relations between the employer and employee and provides information concerning employee hiring/dismissal, suspension, modification, work conditions, social contracts, health, salaries, rights to labor organizations, etc. (references) |
Worker Rights | Turkey | Unions may petition the Council of State to lift such a suspension. (references) |
New Zealand | The law protects unions from governmental interference, suspension, and dissolution. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation. Altgeld upon his incandescend bed Lay, an attendant demon at his head. "O cruel cook, pray grant me some relief -- Some respite from the roast, however brief." "Remember how on earth I pardoned all Your friends in Illinois when held in thrall." "Unhappy soul! for that alone you squirm O'er fire unquenched, a never-dying worm. "Yet, for I pity your uneasy state, Your doom I'll mollify and pains abate. "Naught, for a season, shall your comfort mar, Not even the memory of who you are." Throughout eternal space dread silence fell; Heaven trembled as Compassion entered Hell. "As long, sweet demon, let my respite be As, governing down here, I'd respite thee." "As long, poor soul, as any of the pack You thrust from jail consumed in getting back." A genial chill affected Altgeld's hide While they were turning him on t'other side. Joel Spate Woop |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | War will then be but a suspension of useful works, and a return to a state of peace, a return to the progress of improvement. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Following a careful review of the situation, I recently extended the suspension of grain sales to the Soviet Union. |
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| "Suspension" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.73% of the time. "Suspension" is used about 1,411 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.73% | 1,393 | 5,752 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.2% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (common) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,411 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "suspension". | |||
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| Telharsa | N/A | Biblical | Suspension of the plow |
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Expressions using "suspension": Children's Advil Oral Suspension [OTC] ♦ Children's Motrin Oral Suspension [OTC] ♦ colloidal suspension ♦ Cortisporin Ophthalmic Suspension ♦ fit with suspension ♦ front suspension ♦ Hindlimb Suspension ♦ hydraulic suspension ♦ in suspension ♦ pleas in suspension ♦ points of suspension ♦ spring suspension ♦ suspension bridge ♦ suspension equipment ♦ suspension file ♦ suspension gantry ♦ suspension of a licence ♦ suspension of arms ♦ suspension of load ♦ suspension of payment ♦ suspension of payments ♦ suspension of sentence ♦ suspension point ♦ suspension points ♦ suspension railway ♦ suspension scale ♦ suspension spring ♦ suspension system ♦ tangled suspension lines ♦ wheel suspension. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "suspension": suspension-dots, suspension-feeding. | |
Ending with "suspension": air-suspension, auto-suspension, front-suspension, over-suspension, pre-suspension. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "suspension"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | varëse (hanger, holdfast, peg, pendant, pennant, suspensor), pezullim (abeyance, arrest, cancel, cancellation, hold, layoff, reversal, stay, suspense), ndalesë e përkohshme, ndërprerje (break, breaking, cease, cessation, chasm, check, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, intercept, interception, intermission, interrupt, interruption, intersection, letup, outage, recess, truce), mospagim i përkohshëm, i pezulluar, heqje nga posti i përkohshëm, gjendje e peshuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | قطع (amputate, amputation, ax, axe, break, cease, cessation, chop off, chopping off, cross, crossing, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cutoff, cutting off, disconnect, discontinuance, discontinue, divide, dividing, end, exchange, fell, felling, forbid, halt, hew, hinder from, interrupt, intersect, lop, prevent from, scission, section, segment, segmentation, separate, sever, severance, slit, split, stop, sunder, suspend, tear, terminate, traverse), وقف عن العمل, حرمان مؤقت, تعليق (abeyance, attachment, comment, commentary, gloss, quote, remark, stay, suspense, time out), تعطيل مؤقت (time out), المعلق الشيء المعلق, إيقاف عن العمل, إرجاء (postponement, reprieve, respite, stay), أداة لتعليق شيء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | суспензия (slurry), суспендиране (abeyance), отстраняване (elimination, preclusion, removal), окачване (hang), провесване, преустановяване, прекъсване (adjournment, breaking, cessation, check, cutback, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, disjunction, halt, intermission, interruption, knock, letup, outage, pause, pretermission, standstill, time out), прекратяване (closure, discontinuance, dismissal, letup, surcease). (various references) | |
Chinese | 懸掛 (hang), 悬浮. (various references) | |
Czech | suspenze (abeyance), zavìšení, zastavení (cessation, discontinuance, halt, let up, pull back, stand, stay, stillstand, stop, tackle), vylouèení (disqualification, elimination, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, preclusion, shutout), pochybnost (dubiety, misgiving, question), odložení (postponement, remand), odklad (adjournment, deferment, delay, hold over, holdover, postponement, put off, respite), napìtí (animosity, strain, straining, stress, stretch, suspense, tension, voltage). (various references) | |
Danish | suspension (suspension of staff), suspensio (hanging), suspendering af personale (suspension of staff), opslæmning (slurry), ophængning (springing), midlertidig udelukkelse (temporary expulsion), luftaffjedring, indstilling af handel, haengeleje, affjedring (springing). (various references) | |
Dutch | suspensie (hanging, springing). (various references) | |
Farsi | وقفه (Abeyance, Break, Caesura, Cease, Chasm, Deadlock, Gap, Hiatus, Interval, Jib, Paralysis, Pause, Standstill, Station, Stick), توقف (Cease, Cessation, Close, Pause, Stay, Stop, Syncope), تعلیق (Abeyance, Hang, Precipitant), تعطیل (Holiday, Standstill, Sunday, Vacation), ایست (Caesura, Cease, Cessation, Close, Halt, Interval, Period, Standstill, Stay, Stoppage), اندرواءی (Suspense), اندروا, اویزانی (Suspense), اویزان (Dangle), اویزش , اونگان , بی تکلیفی (Abeyance, Deadlock, Disjoin, Unconventionality). (various references) | |
Finnish | suspensio, lykkäys (postponement, respite), lietos, liete (alluvium, silt), lakkautus (abolition, suppression, withdrawal), kilpailukielto, keskeytys (break, interruption, interval), jousitus (springing), ilmajousitus, erottaminen virasta määräajaksi (abeyance), emulsio (emulsion). (various references) | |
French | suspension (suspend). (various references) | |
German | suspension (abeyance), suspendierung, federung (spring, springiness, springing, springs), aufschub (abeyance, adjournment, adjurnment, deferment, delay, extension, postponement, respite), aufhängung (lynching). (various references) | |
Greek | ανάρτηση (hanging, mounting, rubber mounting, springing), ανακοπή (caveat, failure, respite). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתלה (rack, sling, tab), תליה (gallows, hanging), תרחיף (lotion), עכוב (delay, hindrance, hitch, hold up, interception, obstacle, obstruction, prevention, retardation, setback, stoppage), התליה, התלות (dependence), השעיה, הפסקה זמנית (hiatus), הסרה זמנית, דחיה (abjudication, adjournment, deferment, evasion, postponement, rejection, repulsion). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felfüggesztés (adjournment, break, hanging, stay, suspense), szuszpenzió (slurry), rugózás, lógás (absenteeism, cut, malingering), kerékfelfüggesztés, függés (dependence, dependency, subservience, subserviency), félbeszakítás (intermittence, interruption, suspense), elhalasztás (adjournment, deferment, postponement, stay), beszüntetés (cessation, liquidation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penangguhan (deferment). (various references) | |
Italian | sospensione (abeyance, adjournment, cancellation, lay off, stay). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 浮遊 (floating, wandering). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうがく (temporary absence from school), さしとめ (ban, prohibition), ふつう (cessation, generally, interruption, ordinarily, stoppage, tie-up, train that stops at every station, usually), ふゆう (floating, May fly, opulence, rich and famous, riches, something ephemeral, wafting, wandering, wealth), いちじていし, サスペンション , やすみ (absence, holiday, moulting, recess, respite, rest, vacation), けんが, けんちょう (bullish, firm, prefectural office), けんだく, とぜつ (cessation, interruption, stoppage), ていし (abeyance, adherent, apprentice, ban, cessation, deadlock, disciple, exhibition, follower, interruption, ladder, low-interest funds, pupil, stairs, stalemate, standstill, stoppage, teacher's student-helper, young person), ちゅうぜつ (abeyance, abortion, discontinuance, interruption), ちゅうだん (break, center of threecolumns, half way up a slope or stairway, interruption, the landing), ちゅうし (Central China, discontinuance, gazing steadily at, interruption, middle finger, observingclosely, resident in China, stoppage). (various references) | |
Korean | 현탁액. (various references) | |
Manx | cumrailys (dalliance, obstructionism, retardation), croghey (bank on, climb, cling, depend, drape, fly, hang, hinge, hinge as story, hoist, jack up, lean on, loft, pendant, pitch, sheer, spring, swing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uspensionsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | suspensão (adjournment, arrest, discontinuance, intermission, interruption, pause, recess, stop, suspense, uncertainty). (various references) | |
Romanian | suspensie (suspense), suspendare (abeyance, adjournment, arrest, hanging, stay, stop, suspense), atârnare (dependence, hanging), agãţare (hanging, prehension). (various references) | |
Russian | зависание (hangup, starvation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | suspenzija, stavljanje federa, viseći (floppy, hanging, impendent, impending, pendent, pendulous, pensile, suspensory), vešanje (hanging), ukidanje (nullification, recession, repeal, rescission, reversal, suppression, undoing), obustava (adjournment, dismissal, stop, stoppage, tie up). (various references) | |
Spanish | suspensión (abeyance, adjournment, cessation, recess, reprieve, stay, stopping). (various references) | |
Swedish | suspension, avstängning (cutoff, seclusion, unloading). (various references) | |
Thai | การให้พักงาน, การเลื่อนคำตัดสิน, การหยุดชำระหนี้, การหยุดชั่วคราว, ระบบกันสะเทือนของรถ. (various references) | |
Turkish | süspansiyon, uzaklaştırma (banishment, removal, remove, rustication, standoff), tehir (delay, postponement, putoff), erteleme (adjournment, continuance, delay, holdover, postponement, procrastination, putoff, respite, retardation, stay, suspense), el çektirme, durdurulma (being stopped, paralysis), durdurma (arrest, check, hold, interception, interruption, retention, shutoff, stoppage, stopping, suppression, tackle), boykot (boycott), asma (grapevine, halter, hanging, overhead, suspended, vine), askıya alma (suspense), asılma (advances, hanging, pull, tug), ara verme (pause, prorogation, relief, solution). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тимчасове припинення, тимчасова відставка, тимчасова зупинка гри. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự treo sự đình chỉ, sự ngưng lại, sự đình chỉ công tác. (various references) | |
Welsh | crocbont (suspension bridge). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suspension": suspensions. (additional references) | |
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"Suspension" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: supension, susension, suspenssion, suspention, suspesion, suspision, suspission. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suspension" (pronounced suspe"nshun) |
| 6 | -p e" n sh u n | pension. |
| 5 | -e" n sh u n | apprehension, ascension, attention, comprehension, condescension, contention, convention, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, invention, mention, misapprehension, pretension, prevention, reinvention, retention, tension. |
| 4 | -n sh u n | expansion, mansion, overexpansion. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: nonissues, piousness. | |
-2 letters: nonissue, nosiness, pensions, poussies, puniness, unsonsie. | |
-3 letters: essoins, nonuses, osseins, pension, pinones, poussie, puisnes, pussies, session, sinuses, sonnies, spinose, spinous, spouses, supines, unisons. | |
-4 letters: ennuis, enosis, eosins, essoin, issues, noesis, noises, nonuse, nouses, onuses, opines, opsins, opuses, ossein, pennis, pinons, pisses, poises, ponies, posies, posses, puisne, pusses, sepsis, snipes, sonsie, souses. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-n-o-p-s-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: suspensions. | |
+3 letters: penuriousness. | |
+4 letters: businessperson, diaphanousness, euphoniousness, perniciousness, pugnaciousness. | |
+5 letters: businesspersons, compendiousness, connoisseurship, conspicuousness, impecuniousness, incorruptnesses, intussusception, penuriousnesses, pretentiousness, punctiliousness, unprepossessing, unprofessionals. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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