suspended

  • 1suspended — suspended, pendent, pendulous can mean hanging from or remaining in place as if hanging from a support. Suspended may imply attachment from a point or points above so that a thing swings freely or is held steady in its proper place or position… …

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  • 2suspended — index arrested (checked), broken (interrupted), disjunctive (tending to disjoin), dormant, inactive, null ( …

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  • 3Suspended — For other uses, see suspension. Infobox VG| title = Suspended: A Cryogenic Nightmare developer = Infocom publisher = Infocom designer = Michael Berlyn engine = ZIL released = Release 5: February 22, 1983Release 7: April 19, 1983 Release 8: May 21 …

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  • 4Suspended — Suspend Sus*pend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspending}.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus (see {Sub }) + pendere to hang. See… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5suspended — adjective (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment (Freq. 7) suspended matter such as silt or mud... dust particles suspended in the air droplets in suspension in… …

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  • 6suspended — adj. Suspended is used with these nouns: ↑ceiling, ↑disbelief, ↑sentence …

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  • 7suspended — Temporarily inactive or inoperative; held in abeyance. Such is its meaning in the constitutional provision that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall never be suspended. See Wisener v Burrell, 28 Okla 546, 118 P 999 …

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  • 8suspended sentence — see sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suspended sentence …

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  • 9Suspended solids — refers to small solid particles which remain in suspension in water as a colloid or due to the motion of the water. It is used as one indicator of water quality. It is sometimes abbreviated SS, but is not to be confused with settleable solids,… …

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  • 10suspended sentence — noun A sentence of imprisonment not served unless the offender commits another crime • • • Main Entry: ↑suspend * * * suspended sentence UK [səˌspendɪd ˈsentəns] US [səˌspendəd ˈsentəns] noun [countable] [singular suspended sentence …

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