Suspension or suspended may refer to:
Science and engineering
- Suspension (topology), in mathematics
- Suspension (dynamical systems), in mathematics
- Suspension of a ring, in mathematics
- Suspension (chemistry), small solid particles suspended in a liquid
- Colloidal suspension
- Cell suspension or suspension culture, in biology
- Suspension (mechanics), system allowing a machine to move smoothly with reduced shock
- The superstructure of a suspension bridge
- Suspensory behavior, arboreal locomotion of primates
- Magnetic suspension, a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields
- Car suspension
Temporary revocation of privileges
- Suspension (punishment), temporary exclusion as a punishment
- Suspension from the UK parliament
- Suspension (Catholic canonical penalty)
- Suspension of driving privileges ("suspended driver's license")
- Administrative License Suspension (ALS), US, driving license suspension without a court hearing
Entertainment
- Suspension (music), one or more notes temporarily held before resolving to a chord tone
- Suspension (film), 2007 film directed by Alec Joler and Ethan Shaftel
- Suspended (film), 1987 Polish film
- Suspended (video game) (1983), an interactive fiction video game
Literature
- Suspension of disbelief, the intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining a work of fiction
Eroticism
- Suspension bondage, the act of suspending a human body using suspension ropes, cables, or chains
- Suspension (body modification), the act of suspending a human body from hooks that have been put through body piercings
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