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the art of touching nothing while holding everything perfectly still.
means The state of being held up or hung from a support, or the act of temporarily stopping or removing something—whether a player from a game, a payment, or a particle floating in liquid.
from From Latin 'suspendere,' to hang up, built from 'sub-' (up from under) and 'pendere' (to hang, to weigh)—the same 'pendere' that gives us 'pendant,' 'pendulum,' and 'pending,' all things left dangling. The sense of hanging stretched naturally into the figurative: a suspended sentence, a suspended player, a moment of suspense all share that feeling of being held aloft, waiting, touching nothing solid.
- bridge magic
- cables carry millions of pounds via pure tension
- school sense
- punishment that rewards troublemakers with days off
- chemistry
- particles too stubborn to dissolve, too proud to settle
- car comfort
- springs absorb potholes you never even feel
- word root
- from Latin for hanging beneath
bridge of forth — iconic suspension bridge in scotland opened 1890, spans firth of forth
golden gate bridge — famous san francisco suspension bridge completed 1937, 4,200 feet main span
akashi kaikyo bridge — world's longest suspension bridge in japan, 1,991 meters main span, opened 1998