#suspension
- Abioseston — The inanimate or inorganic component of seston, consisting of inert mineral particles, detrital debris, or rock fragments suspended in the water mass of an aquatic basin (lake, river, or sea).
- Aquasol — A colloidal system consisting of a stable solution or suspension where the structural dispersion medium is water, and the dispersed phase consists of microscopic solid particles or hydrophilic macromolecules; also, in pedology, the term can generically refer to a soil type strongly influenced by the presence of groundwater or stagnant water. This compound plays a major role in biochemical processes, facilitating efficient nutrient transport.
- Aenesidemus — Aenesidemus; a Greek skeptic philosopher of the 1st century BC, born in Knossos (Creta), famous for reviving and structuring Pyrrhonism in Alexandria. He is the author of the lost work 'Pyrrhonian Discourses' and the creator of the ten tropes (modes of argumentation) through which he demonstrated the impossibility of absolute knowledge and the necessity of suspending judgment (epoche).
- Aerial cable — A conductive, electrical, or traction cable specially designed and installed to be suspended high on poles or support pillars in open airspace. In mechanical engineering, it refers to thick steel cables used for supporting and moving cable cars, funiculars, or aerobuses; in telecommunications, it represents aerial conductors protected against adverse weather.
- Aerosol — A heterogeneous macromolecular disperse system formed by a collection of fine particles, solid or liquid, stably suspended within a gaseous medium (such as atmospheric air). In a medical or industrial sense, the term designates either natural phenomena like fog and smoke, or pharmaceutical preparations sprayed under pressure for therapeutic inhalation directly into the airways.
- Hanging — The act of hanging, snagging, or flirting, and its result; the physical process by which an object is caught, suspended, or fixed onto a support to hang in the air. In a mechanical or technical sense, it represents the accidental or intentional catching of a moving element on a fixed point or obstacle, while in colloquial or slang language, it defines the act of approaching someone to initiate a flirtation.
- Akashi — A proper noun designating a historical port city and an important industrial center located in the Hyōgo prefecture of Japan, on the coast of the homonymous strait; by extension, the term is world-famous due to the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, one of the largest and most complex suspension engineering structures in the world, which connects the city of Kobe to Awaji Island across the strait. This structural landmark represents a triumph of modern seismic architecture, being designed to withstand devastating earthquakes and violent typhoons specific to the Japanese archipelago.
- Shock absorber — An apparatus, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or electrical device used to absorb kinetic energy and attenuate the intensity of shocks, vibrations, noises, or oscillations of a system in motion; an essential component of vehicle suspensions. In an adjectival sense, it describes a substance, porous material, or structure that has the property of dampening or absorbing physical impacts.
- Hanging — The act of hanging and its result; the physical process by which an object is suspended, fixed, or hooked to an elevated support to dangle freely. In a figurative and literary sense, it represents the psychological act of attaching or fixing profound hopes, thoughts, or feelings onto a specific person, idea, ideal, or protective promise.
- Hanging device — A device, tool, or mechanical piece of the feminine gender used to suspend, catch, or hang material bodies; a hook or special suspended fixing ring. As an adjective, it describes a structure, plant, or flexible component that has the property or function of catching and dangling from a support.
- Hanger — A mechanical element of the masculine gender, device, or support specially designed to achieve the suspension or hanging of physical subassemblies. As an adjective, it defines an object or structural factor that determines or supports the free dangling action of a material body on a high-resistance element.
- Anti-squat — Preventing or mitigating pitch-up or front-end lift (the tendency of a vehicle or aircraft to lift its front during acceleration or takeoff); a technical device or structural suspension geometry designed to maintain stability along the longitudinal axis. In automotive and aeronautical engineering, this effect guarantees optimal tire-to-ground contact and prevents loss of aerodynamic control.
- Authorized warehousekeeper — A natural or legal person authorized by the fiscal or customs authority to produce, process, hold, receive, or dispatch goods subject to excise duties or import taxes under suspension arrangements within an authorized warehouse. As an adjective, it describes an element pertaining to a warehouse, relating to the storage regime, or specific to managing stocks under fiscal supervision.
- Warehousing — The act of warehousing and its result; the logistical and administrative process by which commercial goods or commodities are placed and kept in a warehouse. In a fiscal and customs context, it represents the suspensive legal regime that allows the storage of excisable or imported products without the immediate payment of taxes to the state, until they are effectively released into circulation.
- Hanging (regional) — The act of 'atăgârța' and its result; a regional and popular variety for the process of hanging, suspending, or catching an object onto a fixed support point. It is an abstract noun of action used exclusively in certain archaic rural communities or recorded in dialectal glossaries for studying the phonetic evolution of the Romanian lexicon.
- Suspension state — The act of hanging and its result; the state of a body suspended or hooked onto a fixed support located above. Historically and sociologically, the term defines a state of administrative, political, or material dependency of an individual, institution, or state on a higher authority; the tilting, drooping, or sagging of a flexible structure.