mechanical suspension

American  

noun

1. suspension6

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Example Sentences

Our American rivers contain from 2 to 6 grains of saline matter to the gallon in solution, and a varying quantity—generally exceeding 10 grains to the gallon—in mechanical suspension.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various

This constant motion may easily be conceived to keep the particles uniformly distributed throughout the liquid, just as constant shaking would keep those of a mechanical suspension uniformly distributed through the mixture.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

This sandstone rock was once a powder held in mechanical suspension by water.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

All natural waters are known to contain more or less mineral matter, partly held in solution and partly in mechanical suspension.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various

This rock was once a powder, more or less coarse, held in mechanical suspension by water.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John