3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suspension  \Sus*pen"sion\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  suspension,  L.  suspensio 
  arched  work  imperfect  pronunciation.  See  {Suspend}.] 
  1.  The  act  of  suspending,  or  the  state  of  being  suspended; 
  pendency;  as  suspension  from  a  hook. 
 
  2.  Especially,  temporary  delay,  interruption,  or  cessation; 
  as: 
  a  Of  labor,  study,  pain,  etc 
  b  Of  decision,  determination,  judgment,  etc.;  as  to  ask 
  a  suspension  of  judgment  or  opinion  in  view  of 
  evidence  to  be  produced. 
  c  Of  the  payment  of  what  is  due;  as  the  suspension  of  a 
  mercantile  firm  or  of  a  bank. 
  d  Of  punishment,  or  sentence  of  punishment. 
  e  Of  a  person  in  respect  of  the  exercise  of  his  office, 
  powers,  prerogative,  etc.;  as  the  suspension  of  a 
  student  or  of  a  clergyman. 
  f  Of  the  action  or  execution  of  law,  etc.;  as  the 
  suspension  of  the  habeas  corpus  act 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suspension 
  n  1:  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  [syn:  {pause},  {intermission},  {break},  {interruption}] 
  3:  temporary  cessation  or  suspension  [syn:  {abeyance}] 
  4:  an  interruption  in  the  intensity  or  amount  of  something 
  [syn:  {respite},  {reprieve},  {hiatus},  {abatement}] 
  5:  a  system  of  springs  or  shock  absorbers  connecting  the  wheels 
  and  axles  to  the  chassis  of  a  wheeled  vehicle  [syn:  {suspension 
  system}] 
  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"  [syn:  {dangling},  {hanging}] 
  7:  a  temporary  debarment  (from  a  privilege  or  position  etc) 
  [syn:  {temporary  removal}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  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) 
 
 

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