Suspensions

suspension, n. [1] 1. the act of suspending. 2. the state of being suspended. 3. temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc. 4. stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency. 5. Chem. a. the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved. b. a substance in such a state. 6. Physical Chem. a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation (mechanical suspension) or by the molecular motion in the surrounding medium (colloidal suspension).

Autorentext

Wladimir Velminski, born 1976, coordinates the research project "History and Theory of Media Regimes" at Bauhaus University Weimar since 2016. He studied mathematics, physics as well as media and Slavic studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Lomonosov University in Moscow.

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suspension, n. [1]

1. the act of suspending.

2. the state of being suspended.

3. temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege,

   decision, belief, etc.

4. stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial

   inability or insolvency.

5. Chem. a. the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed

   with a fluid but are undissolved. b. a substance in such a state.

6. Physical Chem. a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed

   by agitation (mechanical suspension) or by the molecular motion in

   the surrounding medium (colloidal suspension).