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Chemistry and physics

a heterogeneous mixture of solid particles dispersed in a fluid that do not dissolve and eventually settle.

A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which solid particles are dispersed through a fluid but are large enough that they do not dissolve and eventually settle under gravity. It differs from a solution, where the solute is dissolved at the molecular scale and nothing separates out, and from a colloid, where the particles are so small that thermal motion keeps them dispersed almost indefinitely. Piazza's 2014 review Settled and unsettled issues in particle settling sets out how the balance of gravity, buoyancy, and viscous drag governs whether and how fast such particles fall, with Stokes' law giving the settling speed of a small sphere in a still fluid. The referent is a physical two-phase mixture, described by particle size and settling rate, and it has nothing to do with a car's springs, a paused legal right, or a held musical note beyond the shared word.[1]

Unit
A two-phase solid-in-fluid mixture, by particle size and settling rate
Recovery means
Left undisturbed the particles settle out under gravity, and stirring or shaking redisperses them
Measured by
Characterised by particle-size distribution, sedimentation rate, and turbidity, with Stokes' law relating settling speed to particle size and fluid viscosity

Music theory

a note held over from the previous chord that clashes with the new harmony, then resolves downward by step.

In tonal music a suspension is a non-chord tone carried over from the previous chord that clashes with the new harmony and then resolves downward by step. It works in three stages: the note is first sounded as a consonance (the preparation), it is held or struck again as the chord changes so that it becomes a dissonance (the suspension), and it finally moves down to a chord tone (the resolution). Aldwell and Schachter's Harmony and Voice Leading treats the suspension as a basic voice-leading device that delays an expected note to create and then release tension. The referent is a momentary dissonance within a chord progression, heard and notated in terms of intervals above the bass, and it is unrelated to particles in a fluid, a vehicle's springs, or a paused legal right.[2]

Unit
A prepared dissonance held over one chord, by the interval it forms and its resolution
Recovery means
The dissonance resolves down by step to a chord tone, releasing the tension it created
Measured by
Identified in a score by figures such as 4-3, 7-6, or 9-8 that name the suspended interval and how it resolves

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solution3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsspring2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructstension7 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

  1. Piazza, R. (2014). Settled and unsettled issues in particle settling. Reports on Progress in Physics, 77(5), 056602. https://doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/77/5/056602
  2. Aldwell, E., & Schachter, C. (2011). Harmony and voice leading (4th ed.). Schirmer/Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-4390-8330-7. ISBN 9781439083307

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