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hanging

n. a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

wall hanging

n. decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

hang-up

n. a crash of the computer

suspension, dangling

n. the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely); "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

dangling, pendant, suspended, pendent

adj. supported from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"

mantle, curtain, drape, drapery, pall

n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

deferral, postponement, deferment

n. act of putting off to a future time

resolution, answer, solution, result

n. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"

blend, portmanteau word

n. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau"

clarification, elucidation

n. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"

conclusion

n. the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

key, tonality

n. any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

key

n. a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

mixture, collection, motley, potpourri, variety, assortment, miscellany, miscellanea

n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

settlement

n. a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

suspension, suspension system

n. a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

floppy

adj. hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"

afloat, floating, buoyed up

adj. borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

based

adj. having a base; "firmly based ice"

braced, buttressed

adj. held up by braces or buttresses

supernatant, floating

adj. of a liquid; floating on the surface above a sediment or precipitate; "the supernatant fat was skimmed off"

gimbaled

adj. supported on gimbals and remaining steady or level when the base tips

suspended, in suspension

adj. (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; "suspended matter such as silt or mud..."; "dust particles suspended in the air"; "droplets in suspension in a gas"

underhung

adj. supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors"

underslung

adj. supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below

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