Suspension or suspended may refer to:
Science and engineering
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Car suspension
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, spring (device), springs, shock absorbers and Linkage (mechanical), linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between the two. Suspension systems must support b ...
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Cell suspension
A cell suspension or suspension culture is a type of cell culture in which single cells or small aggregates of cells are allowed to function and multiply in an agitated growth medium, thus forming a suspension. Suspension culture is one of the ...
or suspension culture, in biology
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Guarded suspension, a software design pattern in concurrent programming suspending a method call and the calling thread until a precondition (guard) is satisfied
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Magnetic suspension
Magnetic levitation (maglev) or magnetic suspension is a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields. Magnetic force is used to counteract the effects of the gravitational force and any other forces.
The ...
, a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields
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Suspension (topology)
In topology, a branch of mathematics, the suspension of a topological space ''X'' is intuitively obtained by stretching ''X'' into a cylinder and then collapsing both end faces to points. One views ''X'' as "suspended" between these end points. The ...
, in mathematics
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Suspension (dynamical systems), in mathematics
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Suspension of a ring, in mathematics
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Suspension (chemistry)
In chemistry, a suspension is a heterogeneous mixture of a fluid that contains solid particles sufficiently large for sedimentation. The particles may be visible to the naked eye, usually must be larger than one micrometer, and will eventua ...
, small solid particles suspended in a liquid
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Colloidal suspension
A colloid is a mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance. Some definitions specify that the particles must be dispersed in a liquid, while others extend ...
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Suspension (mechanics)
In mechanics, suspension is a system of components allowing a machine (normally a vehicle) to move smoothly with reduced shock.
Types may include:
* car suspension, four-wheeled motor vehicle suspension
* motorcycle suspension, two-wheeled moto ...
, system allowing a machine to move smoothly with reduced shock
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Suspensory behavior Suspensory behaviour is a form of arboreal locomotion or a feeding behavior that involves hanging or suspension of the body below or among tree branches. This behavior enables faster travel while reducing path lengths to cover more ground when trave ...
, arboreal locomotion of primates
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Suspend to disk
Hibernation (also known as suspend to disk, or Safe Sleep on Macintosh computers) in computing is powering down a computer while retaining its state. When hibernation begins, the computer saves the contents of its random access memory (RAM) to a ha ...
, also known as hibernation, powering down a computer while retaining its state.
* The superstructure of a
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
Temporary revocation of privileges
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Suspension (punishment) Suspension refers to a temporary removal or exclusion from a position or activity, which can include the workplace, school, public office, clergy, or sports. It may be either paid or unpaid and is typically imposed to allow for an investigation or ...
, temporary exclusion as a punishment
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Suspension from the UK parliament
In the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Members of Parliament (MPs) can be suspended from sitting in the House of Commons by the Speaker for "disorderly conduct".
The Speaker can order an MP removed from the house until the end of the day. The ...
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Suspension (Catholic canonical penalty)
Suspension () in Catholic canon law is a Censure (Catholic canon law), censure or punishment, by which a Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest or cleric is deprived, entirely or partially, of the use of the right to Holy orders in the Catholic Chu ...
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Suspension of driving privileges ("suspended driver's license")
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Administrative License Suspension License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired or drunk driving. However, under administrative license suspension (ALS) laws, sometimes called administrative license revocation or administrative per se, licens ...
(ALS), US, driving license suspension without a court hearing
Entertainment
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Suspension (music)
A nonchord tone (NCT), nonharmonic tone, or embellishing tone is a note in a piece of music or song that is not part of the implied or expressed chord set out by the harmonic framework. In contrast, a chord tone is a note that is a part of th ...
, one or more notes temporarily held before resolving to a chord tone
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''Suspension'' (2007 film), a film directed by Alec Joler and Ethan Shaftel
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Suspension (2015 film)
''Suspension'' is a 2015 Canadian slasher film directed by Jeffery Scott Lando and written by Kevin Mosley, starring Ellen MacNevin, Courtney Paige, Sage Brocklebank, Taylor Russell and Duncan Ollerenshaw.
Cast
* Ellen MacNevin as Emily
* C ...
, a Canadian slasher film
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''Suspended'' (film), 1987 Polish film
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''Suspended'' (video game) (1983), an interactive fiction video game
* "Suspension", a song by Lights from
''Siberia'', 2011
Literature
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Suspension of disbelief
Suspension of disbelief is the avoidance—often described as willing—of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality, such as something in a work of speculative fiction, in order to believe i ...
, the intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining a work of fiction
Eroticism
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Suspension bondage
Suspension bondage is a form of sexual bondage where a bound person is hung from one or more overhead suspension points. It carries a higher risk than other forms of sexual bondage.
Stimulation
In ''partial suspension'', the person is bound ...
, the act of suspending a human body using suspension ropes, cables, or chains
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Suspension (body modification)
Body suspension is the act of rigging a human body to hang from implements that have been placed through temporary perforations in the skin.
A number of health concerns might be associated with the practice, such as excessive bleeding, Syncope (m ...
, the act of suspending a human body from hooks that have been put through body piercings
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Caffè sospeso
A , ; in Neapolitan ) or pending coffee is a cup of coffee paid for in advance as an anonymous act of charity. The tradition began in the working-class cafés of Naples, where someone who had experienced good luck would order a ''sospeso'', payi ...
(Italian for "suspended coffee")
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Lock (computer science)
In computer science, a lock or mutex (from mutual exclusion) is a synchronization primitive that prevents state from being modified or accessed by multiple threads of execution at once. Locks enforce mutual exclusion concurrency control policies ...
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Suspend and resume (disambiguation)
Suspend and resume may refer to:
* Coroutines, computer program components that generalize subroutines for cooperative multitasking, by allowing execution to be suspended and resumed
* Hibernation (computing) or Suspend to disk, powering down a com ...
* Suspension, a form of
scribal abbreviation
Scribal abbreviations, or sigla (grammatical number, singular: siglum), are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek language, Greek, Old English and Old Norse.
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in medieval manuscripts
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Suspended animation
Suspended animation is the slowing or stopping of biological function so that physiological capabilities are preserved. States of suspended animation are common in micro-organisms and some plant tissue, such as seeds. Many animals, including l ...
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Suspended meal
A suspended meal or pending meal is a meal which people pay for in advance, to be provided to those that request it later. The extra meal that they purchase is suspended; that is, the restaurant will mark down the sum of money and ‘suspend’ t ...
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