The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suspension \Sus*pen"sion\, n. [Cf. F. suspension, L. suspensio
   arched work, imperfect pronunciation. See Suspend.]
   1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended;
      pendency; as, suspension from a hook.
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   2. Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation;
      as:
      (a) Of labor, study, pain, etc.
      (b) Of decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask
          a suspension of judgment or opinion in view of
          evidence to be produced.
      (c) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a
          mercantile firm or of a bank.
      (d) Of punishment, or sentence of punishment.
      (e) Of a person in respect of the exercise of his office,
          powers, prerogative, etc.; as, the suspension of a
          student or of a clergyman.
      (f) Of the action or execution of law, etc.; as, the
          suspension of the habeas corpus act.
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   3. A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the
      suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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   Syn: Delay; interruption; intermission; stop.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bridge \Bridge\ (br[i^]j), n. [OE. brig, brigge, brug, brugge,
   AS. brycg, bricg; akin to Fries. bregge, D. brug, OHG.
   brucca, G. br["u]cke, Icel. bryggja pier, bridge, Sw. brygga,
   Dan. brygge, and prob. Icel. br[=u] bridge, Sw. & Dan. bro
   bridge, pavement, and possibly to E. brow.]
   1. A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron,
      erected over a river or other water course, or over a
      chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank
      to the other.
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   2. Anything supported at the ends, which serves to keep some
      other thing from resting upon the object spanned, as in
      engraving, watchmaking, etc., or which forms a platform or
      staging over which something passes or is conveyed.
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   3. (Mus.) The small arch or bar at right angles to the
      strings of a violin, guitar, etc., serving of raise them
      and transmit their vibrations to the body of the
      instrument.
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   4. (Elec.) A device to measure the resistance of a wire or
      other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.
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   5. A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a
      furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a
      bridge wall.
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   Aqueduct bridge. See Aqueduct.

   Asses' bridge, Bascule bridge, Bateau bridge. See under
      Ass, Bascule, Bateau.

   Bridge of a steamer (Naut.), a narrow platform across the
      deck, above the rail, for the convenience of the officer
      in charge of the ship; in paddlewheel vessels it connects
      the paddle boxes.

   Bridge of the nose, the upper, bony part of the nose.

   Cantalever bridge. See under Cantalever.

   Draw bridge. See Drawbridge.

   Flying bridge, a temporary bridge suspended or floating, as
      for the passage of armies; also, a floating structure
      connected by a cable with an anchor or pier up stream, and
      made to pass from bank to bank by the action of the
      current or other means.

   Girder bridge or Truss bridge, a bridge formed by
      girders, or by trusses resting upon abutments or piers.

   Lattice bridge, a bridge formed by lattice girders.

   Pontoon bridge, Ponton bridge. See under Pontoon.

   Skew bridge, a bridge built obliquely from bank to bank, as
      sometimes required in railway engineering.

   Suspension bridge. See under Suspension.

   Trestle bridge, a bridge formed of a series of short,
      simple girders resting on trestles.

   Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or
      rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates
      riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai
      Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.

   Wheatstone's bridge (Elec.), a device for the measurement
      of resistances, so called because the balance between the
      resistances to be measured is indicated by the absence of
      a current in a certain wire forming a bridge or connection
      between two points of the apparatus; -- invented by Sir
      Charles Wheatstone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

suspension bridge
    n 1: a bridge that has a roadway supported by cables that are
         anchored at both ends