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  • 1suspended — suspended, pendent, pendulous can mean hanging from or remaining in place as if hanging from a support. Suspended may imply attachment from a point or points above so that a thing swings freely or is held steady in its proper place or position… …

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  • 2Suspended — Suspend Sus*pend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspending}.] [F. suspendre, or OF. souspendre (where the prefix is L. subtus below, from sub under), L. suspendere, suspensum; pref. sus (see {Sub }) + pendere to hang. See… …

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  • 3suspended ceiling — noun : a ceiling suspended from the floor or roof construction above …

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  • 4suspended — adjective a) Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed. b) Hung from above …

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  • 5suspended ceiling — noun a ceiling with a space between it and the floor above from which it hangs …

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  • 6Total suspended solids — is a water quality measurement usually abbreviated TSS. It is listed as a conventional pollutant in the U.S. Clean Water Act. This parameter was at one time called non filterable residue (NFR), a term that refers to the identical measurement: the …

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  • 7Compression arch suspended-deck bridge — A compression arch suspended deck bridge, or through arch bridge, is a bridge made from modern materials such as steel or reinforced concrete in which a compression arch rises above the deck. Cables connect the deck to the arch.One of the most… …

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  • 8Fly system — Fly loft of the Theater Bielefeld in Germany A fly system, flying system or theatrical rigging system, is a system of lines (e.g. ropes), blocks (pulleys), counterweights and related devices within a theatre that enable a stage crew to quickly,… …

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  • 9Aeroponics — is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium. Aeroponic culture differs from both hydroponics and in vitro (Plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses water as a… …

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  • 10sun — sunlike, adj. /sun/, n., v., sunned, sunning. n. 1. (often cap.) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93… …

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