suspended

adj — 7 senses

suspended

adj

/səˈspɛndɪd/

7 senses
  1. 1suspended animation
  2. 2suspended sentence
  3. 3Hung from above.
  4. 4Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
  5. 5Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can…
  6. 6A chemical suspension
  7. 7Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major…

› Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed.

1

Medicine, Sciences suspended animation

2

Law suspended sentence

3

Hung from above.

  • There are already strong indications that the relatively high cost of one fully suspended motor with flexible drive to both bogie axles [...] is not much lower than the cost of two fully suspended motors; [...].1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 727:
4

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Of an ovule Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.

5

Food, Lifestyle Usually, Of coffee Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.

6

Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A chemical suspension

7

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Of a chord Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.

Synonyms
abeyant, dormant, paused, delayed
Derived terms
nonsuspended, nose-suspended, suspended coffee, suspended congress, suspended hyphen, suspended marriage, unsuspended

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