ALL meanings of mechanical suspension
me·chan·i·cal sus·pen·sion
M m - noun mechanical suspension the act of suspending. 1
- noun mechanical suspension the state of being suspended. 1
- noun mechanical suspension temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc. 1
- noun mechanical suspension stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Chemistry. the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved. a substance in such a state. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Physical Chemistry. a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation (mechanical suspension) or by the molecular motion in the surrounding medium (colloidal suspension) 1
- noun mechanical suspension something on or by which something else is suspended or hung. 1
- noun mechanical suspension something that is suspended or hung. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Also called suspension system. the arrangement of springs, shock absorbers, hangers, etc., in an automobile, railway car, etc., connecting the wheel-suspension units or axles to the chassis frame. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Music. the prolongation of a tone in one chord into the following chord, usually producing a temporary dissonance. the tone so prolonged. 1
- noun mechanical suspension Rhetoric. the heightening of interest by delay of the main subject or clause, especially by means of a series of parallel preceding elements. 1