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suspense noun

  /səˈspɛns/
  • The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
  • (legal) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
 Anspannung, Spannung
  • The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
 Hängen

suspension noun

  /səˈspɛnʃən/
  • (chemistry, physics) 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.
 Suspension
  • (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.
 Aufhängung, Federung
  • The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
  • A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.
 Aussetzung
  • The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.
 Spannung
  • (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.
 Vorhalt

suspenseful adjective

  • Inducing suspense.
 spannend
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