transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈspen(t)-shən ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English suspensyon, from Anglo-French suspension, from Late Latin suspension-, suspensio, from Latin suspendere
Date: 15th century
1. : the act of suspending : the state or period of being suspended: as
a. : temporary removal (as from office or privileges)
b. : temporary withholding (as of belief or decision)
c. : temporary abrogation of a law or rule
d.
(1) : the holding over of one or more musical tones of a chord into the following chord producing a momentary discord and suspending the concord which the ear expects ; specifically : such a dissonance which resolves downward — compare anticipation , retardation
(2) : the tone thus held over
e. : stoppage of payment of business obligations : failure — used especially of a business or a bank
f. : a rhetorical device whereby the principal idea is deferred to the end of a sentence or longer unit
2.
a. : the act of hanging : the state of being hung
b.
(1) : the state of a substance when its particles are mixed with but undissolved in a fluid or solid
(2) : a substance in this state
(3) : a system consisting of a solid dispersed in a solid, liquid, or gas usually in particles of larger than colloidal size — compare emulsion
3. : something suspended
4. : the means by which something is suspended ; especially : the system of devices (as springs) supporting the upper part of a vehicle on the axles