Aerosol vs. Suspension

Aerosolnoun

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

‘Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke. (JCS Pub. 1-02).’;

Suspensionnoun

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

‘suspension from a hook’;

Aerosolnoun

An aerosol can.

Suspensionnoun

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

Aerosolnoun

The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.

Suspensionnoun

The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

Aerosolnoun

(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.

Suspensionnoun

The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

Aerosolverb

(transitive) To spray with an aerosol.

Suspensionnoun

The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.

Aerosolnoun

a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

Suspensionnoun

(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).

‘suspension from school as a disciplinary measure’;

Aerosolnoun

a dispenser that forces a liquid out as a fine spray when a button is pressed

Suspensionnoun

(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.

Aerosol

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols can be natural or anthropogenic.

Suspensionnoun

A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.

Suspensionnoun

(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.

Suspensionnoun

(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.

Suspensionnoun

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

Suspensionnoun

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Suspensionnoun

Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation

Suspensionnoun

A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.

Suspensionnoun

The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.

Suspensionnoun

A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.

Suspensionnoun

A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Suspensionnoun

The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.

Suspensionnoun

a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

Suspensionnoun

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Suspensionnoun

temporary cessation or suspension

Suspensionnoun

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Suspensionnoun

a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

Suspensionnoun

the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);

‘there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait’;

Suspensionnoun

a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)