Noun

(en noun)

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

suspension from a hook

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

suspension from school as a disciplinary measure

The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allow the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

(Scots Law) A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.

(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.

(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.

(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds by means of punishment.

Noun

(en noun)

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

That which is expected or looked for.

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The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to occur; prospect of anything good to come, especially of property or rank.

*1816 , (Jane Austen), , Vol.1 Ch.7:

*:Emma was not sorry to be pressed. She read, and was surprized. The style of the letter was much above her expectation . There were not merely no grammatical errors, but as a composition it would not have disgraced a gentleman; the language, though plain, was strong and unaffected, and the sentiments it conveyed very much to the credit of the writer. It was short, but expressed good sense, warm attachment, liberality, propriety, even delicacy of feeling. She paused over it, while Harriet stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a "Well, well," and was at last forced to add, "Is it a good letter? or is it too short?"

The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event.

(lb) The first moment; the long-run average value of a variable over many independent repetitions of an experiment.

(lb) The arithmetic mean.

The leaving of a disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure.