Suspension or suspended may refer to:
Science, mathematics, and engineering Car suspension Cell suspension or suspension culture, in biology Guarded suspension, a software design pattern in concurrent programming suspending a method call and the calling thread until a precondition (guard) is satisfied Magnetic suspension, a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields 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 Suspension (mechanics), system allowing a machine to move smoothly with reduced shock Suspensory behavior, arboreal locomotion of primates Suspend to disk, also known as hibernation, powering down a computer while retaining its state. The superstructure of a suspension bridge
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
Law
Suspended sentence, sentence whose serving is deferred in favour of probation
Entertainment Suspension (music), one or more notes temporarily held before resolving to a chord tone Suspension (2007 film), a film directed by Alec Joler and Ethan Shaftel Suspension (2015 film), a Canadian slasher film Suspended (film), 1987 Polish film Suspended (video game) (1983), an interactive fiction video game "Suspension", a song by Lights from Siberia, 2011
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
See also Caffè sospeso (Italian for "suspended coffee") Lock (computer science) Suspend and resume (disambiguation) Suspension, a form of scribal abbreviation in medieval manuscripts Suspended animation Suspended meal