resuspensionn.
/ˈriːsəspɛnʃn/, U.S. /ˈriˌsəspɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/ 1. A second or further suspension; the action of suspending a person or thing again.
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1795 W. Woodfall Impartial Rep. Deb. Two Houses of Parl. I. 363 A motion for a re-suspension of that Act.
1842 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Feb. 204 The result was, those immense imports, mostly purchased with the proceeds of State stock, that caused a re-suspension in the fall of 1839.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 5/2 The Exchequer, however, is still in want of funds, and the resuspension is expected before long.
1908 Times 16 Dec. 18/5 Thus doing away with any necessity of wire connexions when it is desired to make a re-suspension.
1962 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 111 121 The section for providing for the automatic re-suspension of the debtor's driving privileges on the fiat of the creditor after they have been restored.
2001 Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. Her successful appeal was followed immediately by her resuspension while police and social services investigated further unspecified claims.
2. The action of resuspending particles, etc., in suspension in a fluid.
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1923 Jrnl. Hygiene 21 427 By repeated centrifusion and resuspension in salt solution.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 1 Feb. 255/1 The intact cell envelopes..can be harvested and washed, and their ‘intracellular’ composition altered at will by resuspension in the proper medium.
1978 Nature 27 Apr. 754/2 The lack of response to fire in the pollen input could be due to..the resuspension and resedimentation which occurs in the lakes.
1990 Jrnl. Developmental Physiol. 14 104/2 The pellets were washed twice by resuspension..in homogenization buffer followed by recentrifugation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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