suspend has definitions from the fields of chemistry,law
1
[ verb ] hang freely

Examples

"The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

These are reasonable assumptions with low viscosity fluids suspended in high viscosity fluids which are subjected to low rates of shear .

However , there are photographs of suspended drops of cyclohexanol_phthalate ( viscosity 155 poises ) suspended in corn_syrup of 71 poises in a paper by Mason and Bartok .

However , there are photographs of suspended drops of cyclohexanol_phthalate ( viscosity 155 poises ) suspended in corn_syrup of 71 poises in a paper by Mason and Bartok .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

For_example , bright sunlight is rapidly destructive for living microorganisms suspended in air .

(Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)

Now she could let out the three parakeets without_fear they would be stepped_on or that Stowey would let them out one of the doors ; she could dust the plants , then break_off suddenly and pick_up an old novel and read from the middle on ; improvise cha-chas on the harp ; and finally , the best part of all , simply sit at the plank table in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and the newspapers , reading the ads as_well_as the news , registering nothing on her mind but letting her soul suspend itself above all wishing and desire .

Related terms

hang dangle suspension

2
[ verb ] (chemistry) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid, of particles, in chemistry

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

For the albumin method , equal volumes of 30 % bovine albumin , sample and 2 % cells suspended in saline were allowed to stand at room_temperature for 1 hr and then were centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 1 min .

The small amount of insoluble material which precipitated during dialysis was suspended in approximately 5 ml of starting_buffer , centrifuged , resuspended in 2.5 ml of isotonic saline and tested for antibody activity .

This was later known to be the result of concentrating the minute amount of complete antibody found in these sera ; when the insoluble fraction was suspended in a volume of saline equal_to that of the original serum sample , no complete antibody activity could be detected .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

It appeared that most of the mixed liquor suspended solids were active microbial solids with the heavier , less active solids settling out .

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change resuspend chemistry

3
[ verb ] bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Synonyms

debar

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Prior to the featured race , the stewards announced that apprentice James_P._Verrone is suspended ten days for crowding horses and crossing the field sharply in two races on Wednesday .

Related terms

expel send_down punish

4
[ verb ] stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

Synonyms

freeze

Examples

"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

Used in print

(Time, 77: 3...)

Their reason : Holmes once paid a $ 20 speeding fine , had his license suspended .

(Medicine in National Defense. Final Report of the...)

Replacing the discontinued Medical Technicians Bulletin , publication of_which was suspended with the November-December 1959 issue , a section called `` Technical Notes '' was inaugurated on a bimonthly basis beginning with the April 1960 issue .

Related terms

interrupt pause freeze

5
[ verb ] make inoperative or stop

Synonyms

set_aside

Examples

"suspend payments on the loan"

Used in print

(William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)

The law could not suspend economics .

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change

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[ verb ] (law) as of a prison sentence

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postpone

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