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Points of suspension
3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition. 4. 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. 5. (Rhet.) 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. 6. (Scots Law) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary. 7. (Mus.) 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. Pleas in suspension (Law), pleas which temporarily abate or suspend a suit. Points of suspension (Mech.), the points, as in the axis or beam of a balance, at which the weights act, or from which they are suspended. Suspension bridge, a bridge supported by chains, ropes, or wires, which usually pass over high piers or columns at each end, and are secured in the ground beyond. Suspension of arms (Mil.), a short truce or cessation of operations agreed on by the commanders of contending armies, as for burying the dead, making proposal for surrender or for peace, etc. Suspension scale, a scale in which the platform hangs suspended from the weighing apparatus instead of resting upon it. Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.

Meaning of Points of suspension from wikipedia

- faces to points. One views X as "suspended" between these end points. The suspension of X is denoted by SX or susp(X).: 76  There is a variation of the suspension...
- ELLIPSIS. The ellipsis is also called a suspension point (or suspension for short), points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or (colloquially) "dot-dot-dot"...
- Suspension bondage is a form of ****ual bondage where a bound person is hung from one or more overhead suspension points. It carries a higher risk than...
- Points...: Interviews, 1974–1994 (French: Points de suspension. Entretiens) is a 1995 book collecting interviews by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida...
- A double wishbone suspension is an independent suspension design for automobiles using two (occasionally parallel) wishbone-shaped arms to locate the...
- Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between...
- A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type...
- Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, designed by Paul Magès, invented by Citroën, and ****ed to Citroën cars, as well...
- Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the...
- Most states also provide for immediate suspension of a licence, instead of or in addition to demerit points, in certain extreme cir****stances. These...