SUSPENSION

, in Mechanics, as in a balance, are those points in the axis or beam where the weights are applied, or from which they are suspended.

SUTTON's Quadrant. See Quadrant.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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SURD
SURFACE
SURSOLID
SURVEYING
SURVIVORSHIP
* SUSPENSION
SWAN
SYMMETRY
SYMPHONY
SYNCHRONISM
SYNCOPATION