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[ adjective ] (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment

Synonyms

in_suspension

Examples

"suspended matter such as silt or mud..." "dust particles suspended in the air" "droplets in suspension in a gas"

Used in print

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

There is another means which should show the direction and relative value of the stresses in viscoelastic fluids that is not mentioned as_such in the literature , and that is the shape of the suspended drops of low viscosity fluids in shear fields .

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

The large amount of vegetable grindings from the grocery_store in the shopping_center created a suspended solids problem .

The average volatile suspended solids in the effluent was 75 mg / l while MLSS averaged 170 mg / l volatile suspended solids .

The average volatile suspended solids in the effluent was 75 mg / l while MLSS averaged 170 mg / l volatile suspended solids .

The suspended solids discharged in the effluent were found to be the major source of the BOD .

Related terms

supported

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[ adjective ] temporarily inactive

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

When authorities convicted him of practicing medicine without a license ( he got_off with a suspended sentence of three years because of his advanced age of 77 ) , one of his victims was not around to testify : He was dead of cancer .

Related terms

delayed

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[ adjective ] supported from above

Examples

"the child dabbled his dangling feet in the water" "fuchsias in hanging pots" "pendent bunches of grapes" "a suspended fireplace"

Related terms

supported

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