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Topics referred to by the same term
suppressant, suppressed, or suppression in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Suppression may refer to: Suppression of Communism Act Suppression order a type of censorship
Suppression
Subconscious adaptation by the brain to eliminate symptoms of eye disorders
Suppression of an eye is a subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus,
Suppression_(eye)
Military unit
The Gang Suppression Force (GSF), previously the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), is an international police and military force approved
Gang_Suppression_Force
Act of suppressing lactation
Lactation suppression refers to the act of suppressing lactation by medication or other non pharmaceutical means. The breasts may become painful when
Lactation_suppression
Continuous flash suppression (CFS) is an adapted version of the original flash suppression method, first reported in 2004. In CFS, the first eye is presented
Continuous_flash_suppression
Conscious effort to discontinue a thought
Thought suppression is a psychoanalytical defense mechanism. It is a type of motivated forgetting in which an individual consciously attempts to stop
Thought_suppression
Medical imaging technique
Fat suppression is an MRI technique in which fat signal from adipose tissue is suppressed to better visualize uptake of contrast material by bodily tissues
Fat_suppression
1536–1541 disbanding of religious residences by Henry VIII
The dissolution of the monasteries, also known as the suppression of the monasteries, was a set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and
Dissolution of the monasteries
Dissolution_of_the_monasteries
List of opted-out e-mail addresses
A suppression list is a list of suppressed e-mail addresses used by e-mail senders to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (United States of America)
Suppression_list
Humiliation techniques
The master suppression techniques (in Norwegian: hersketeknikker) is a framework articulated in the late 1970s by Norwegian social psychologist Berit
Master_suppression_techniques
Australian musical group
Eddy Current Suppression Ring (often abbreviated as ECSR) are an Australian garage rock band originating from Melbourne. Formed in 2003, the band consists
Eddy_Current_Suppression_Ring
Willful curtailing of emotional visage
Expressive suppression is defined as the intentional reduction of the facial expression of an emotion. It is a component of emotion regulation. Expressive
Expressive_suppression
Abnormal EEG pattern
Burst suppression is an electroencephalography (EEG) pattern that is characterized by periods of high-voltage electrical activity alternating with periods
Burst_suppression
Phenomenon of visual perception
Flash suppression is a phenomenon of visual perception in which an image presented to one eye is suppressed by a flash of another image presented to the
Flash_suppression
Strategy designed to restrict specific groups of people from voting
Voter suppression is the effort to limit the capacity of a group to register, vote, or cast an effective ballot. It is distinguished from political campaigning
Voter_suppression
The term silence suppression is used in telephony to describe the process of not transmitting information over the network when one of the parties involved
Silence_suppression
Persecution of Jesuits from 1759 to 1814
The suppression of the Society of Jesus was the removal of all members of the Jesuits from most of Western Europe and their respective colonies beginning
Suppression of the Society of Jesus
Suppression_of_the_Society_of_Jesus
Suppression of speech and information
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable
Censorship
Wildfire suppression efforts depend on many factors such as the available fuels, atmospheric conditions, topography, and the size of the wildfire. Due
Wildfire_suppression
Water-based rocket launch noise control
Sites for launching large rockets are often equipped with a sound suppression system to absorb or deflect acoustic energy generated during a rocket launch
Sound_suppression_system
New energy suppression
Free energy suppression (or new energy suppression) is a conspiracy theory that technologically viable, pollution-free, no-cost energy sources are being
Free energy suppression conspiracy theory
Free_energy_suppression_conspiracy_theory
Systems to extinguish or control fires
Fire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring. Fire suppression systems
Fire_suppression_system
Articulatory suppression is the process of inhibiting memory performance by speaking while being presented with an item to remember. Most research demonstrates
Articulatory_suppression
Topics referred to by the same term
Fire suppression may refer to: Firefighting Fire suppression systems Wildfire suppression This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Fire_suppression
Use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire
Gaseous fire suppression, also called clean agent fire suppression, is the use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire. These agents are
Gaseous_fire_suppression
Electronic component
A transient-voltage-suppression (TVS) diode, also transil, transorb or thyrector, is an electronic component used to protect electronics from voltage
Transient-voltage-suppression diode
Transient-voltage-suppression_diode
Treatments to reduce menstrual bleeding
Menstrual suppression refers to the practice of using hormonal management to stop or reduce menstrual bleeding. In contrast to surgical options for this
Menstrual_suppression
Pharmaceutical study
Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) was a double-blind, randomized, controlled study designed to test the hypothesis that suppression of premature ventricular
Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial
Cardiac_Arrhythmia_Suppression_Trial
Arc suppression is the reduction of the electric arc energy that occurs when current-carrying contacts are opened and closed. An electric arc is a man-made
Arc_suppression
Intense hostile emotional state of mind
mixed for stimulants and aggression. Modern psychologists point out that suppression of anger may have harmful effects. The suppressed anger may find another
Anger
Act of the Parliament of New Zealand
The Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 is New Zealand counter-terrorism legislation passed under the Clark-led Labour government. Enacted following the September
Terrorism Suppression Act 2002
Terrorism_Suppression_Act_2002
Surround suppression is where the relative firing rate of a neuron may under certain conditions decrease when a particular stimulus is enlarged. It has
Surround_suppression
Failed anti-LGBT ballot measure in California
The Sodomite Suppression Act, also known as the "Shoot The Gays Initiative" or "Kill The Gays Initiative," was a 2015 California ballot initiative proposed
Sodomite_Suppression_Act
(1998). "Slave Trade in the Sudan in the Nineteenth Century and Its Suppression in the Years 1877–80". Middle Eastern Studies. 34 (2): 113–28. doi:10
History_of_slavery
Weapons fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force
troops advancing on the battlefield, it is commonly called covering fire. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire. It is one of
Suppressive_fire
Military tactic
Suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD /ˈsiː-æd/), also known in the United States as "Wild Weasel" and (initially) "Iron Hand" operations, are military
Suppression of enemy air defenses
Suppression_of_enemy_air_defenses
19th-century English society to promote public morality
The Society for the Suppression of Vice, formerly the Proclamation Society Against Vice and Immorality, or simply Proclamation Society, was a 19th-century
Society for the Suppression of Vice
Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice
Medical condition
Bone marrow suppression also known as myelotoxicity or myelosuppression, is the decrease in production of cells responsible for providing immunity (leukocytes)
Bone_marrow_suppression
alleged suppression of certain technologies and energies. Such theories may focus on the Vril Society Conspiracy, allegations of the suppression of the
List_of_conspiracy_theories
Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church
officially suppressed the order in 1773. In 1814, the Church lifted the suppression. Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque nobleman from the Pyrenees area of northern
Jesuits
High risk policing unit of the Metropolitan Police Service
The Violence Suppression Unit (VSU) was a type of unit of the Frontline Policing Directorate, formerly known as Territorial Policing, which is part of
Violence_Suppression_Unit
A vehicle fire suppression system is a pre-engineered fire suppression system safety accessory permanently mounted on any type of vehicle. These systems
Vehicle fire suppression system
Vehicle_fire_suppression_system
2018 killing of a British tourist in New Zealand
dismissed by New Zealand's Court of Appeal on 18 December 2020. The suppression order was lifted by the New Zealand Supreme Court on 22 December 2020
Murder_of_Grace_Millane
Belizean law enforcement unit
Gang Suppression Unit is a special unit of the Belize Police Department, formed in 2010. PM Dean Barrow announced the formation of the Gang Suppression Unit
Gang_Suppression_Unit
Efforts used to prevent eligible voters from voting
In the United States, voter suppression is a historical and present occurrence. Efforts to prevent people from exercising their right to vote vary by
Voter suppression in the United States
Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States
Inhibition of reproduction in otherwise healthy adults
Reproductive suppression is the prevention or inhibition of reproduction in otherwise healthy adult individuals. It occurs in birds, mammals, and social
Reproductive_suppression
The Suppression of Mokotów was a wave of mass murders, looting, arson and rapes that swept through the Warsaw district of Mokotów during the Warsaw Uprising
Suppression_of_Mokotów
Legal order to restrict publication
A gag order (also known as a gagging order or suppression order) is an order, typically a legal order by a court or government, restricting information
Gag_order
Fire suppression systems that operate without human control
Automatic fire suppression systems control and extinguish fires without human intervention. Examples of automatic systems include fire sprinkler system
Automatic_fire_suppression
Act of the New Zealand Parliament
The Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 was an Act of the New Zealand Parliament aimed at replacing tohunga as traditional Māori healers with western medicine
Tohunga_Suppression_Act_1907
Solvent suppression is any technique in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to decrease undesired signal from a sample's solvent. In liquid-state
Solvent_suppression
Technique in visual and cognitive research
Binocular switch suppression (BSS) is a technique to suppress usually salient images from an individual's awareness, a type of experimental manipulation
Binocular_Switch_Suppression
South African law
The Witchcraft Suppression Act 3 of 1957 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that prohibits various activities related to witchcraft, witch smelling
Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957
Witchcraft_Suppression_Act,_1957
Medical test
The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is used to assess adrenal gland function by measuring how cortisol levels change in response to oral doses or
Dexamethasone suppression test
Dexamethasone_suppression_test
Aspect of US history
Wildfire suppression has had a long and varied history in the United States. For most of the 20th century, any form of wildland fire, whether it was naturally
History of wildfire suppression in the United States
History_of_wildfire_suppression_in_the_United_States
Treaty against the financing of terrorism
Financing Convention (formally, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism) is a 1999 United Nations treaty designed
Terrorist Financing Convention
Terrorist_Financing_Convention
Method for reducing unwanted sound
Active noise control (ANC), also known as noise cancellation (NC), or active noise reduction (ANR), is a method for reducing unwanted sound by the addition
Active_noise_control
The chronology of Ukrainian language suppression presents a list of administrative actions aimed at limiting the influence and importance of the Ukrainian
Chronology of Ukrainian language suppression actions
Chronology_of_Ukrainian_language_suppression_actions
When monastic foundations were abolished
The suppression of monasteries refers to various events at different times and places when monastic foundations were abolished and their possessions were
Suppression_of_monasteries
Medical treatment to suppress or block male sex hormones
Androgen suppression, also known as testosterone suppression, is a medical treatment to suppress or block the production or action of male sex hormones
Androgen_suppression
U.S. man-portable surface-to-air missile
rather than the missile's own seeker for targeting. ADSM: Air Defense Suppression Missile: Cancelled experiment variant fitted with a passive radar seeker
FIM-92_Stinger
Opposition to Freemasonry
multiple forms of religious discrimination, violent persecution, and suppression in some countries as well as in various organized religions (primarily
Anti-Masonry
Effect causing reduced detector response
Ion suppression in LC-MS and LC-MS/MS refers to reduced detector response, or signal:noise as a manifested effect of competition for ionisation efficiency
Ion suppression (mass spectrometry)
Ion_suppression_(mass_spectrometry)
CG suppression is a term for the phenomenon that CG dinucleotides are very uncommon in most portions of vertebrate genomes. In adult somatic tissues,
CG_suppression
Biological process of gene regulation
biological process in which RNA molecules are involved in sequence-specific suppression of gene expression by double-stranded RNA, through translational or transcriptional
RNA_interference
Anglo-Oriental Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade, generally known by the somewhat shorter name of Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade (SSOT)
Society for the Suppression of the Opium Trade
Society_for_the_Suppression_of_the_Opium_Trade
Non-agreement or opposition to authority
politically repressive regimes may prohibit any form of dissent, leading to suppression of dissent and the encouragement of social or political activism. Individuals
Dissent
Medical test for aldosterone levels
The captopril suppression test (CST) is a non-invasive medical test that measures plasma levels of aldosterone. Aldosterone production is suppressed by
Captopril_suppression_test
Legislation
The Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (Act No. 44 of 1950), renamed the Internal Security Act in 1976, was legislation of the national government in
Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
Suppression_of_Communism_Act,_1950
Decreased resistance to infection
Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects
Immunosuppression
1899 novella by Joseph Conrad
where he rants on behalf of the so-called "International Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs" about his supposedly altruistic and sentimental reasons
Heart_of_Darkness
Particle-based form of fire extinction
Condensed aerosol fire suppression is a particle-based method of fire extinction. It is uses pyrogenic, condensed aerosol fire suppressants to extinguish
Condensed aerosol fire suppression
Condensed_aerosol_fire_suppression
Polynesian language spoken in Hawaii
Schools in 1937 for chanting Hawaiian. Due in part to this systemic suppression of the language after the overthrow, Hawaiian is still considered a critically
Hawaiian_language
Small particles in the air and settling onto surfaces
dust that is already airborne.[citation needed] Dust control is the suppression of solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers (i.e. half
Dust
Zero suppression is the removal of redundant zeroes from a number. This can be done for storage, page or display space constraints or formatting reasons
Zero_suppression
Act of the Parliament of England
The Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539 (31 Hen. 8. c. 13), sometimes referred to as the Second Act of Dissolution or as the Act for the Dissolution
Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1539
Suppression_of_Religious_Houses_Act_1539
American legal term
Suppression of evidence is a term used in the United States legal system to describe the lawful or unlawful act of preventing evidence from being shown
Suppression_of_evidence
1401 Act of the Parliament of England
De heretico comburendo or the Suppression of Heresy Act 1400 (2 Hen. 4. c. 15) was an act of the Parliament of England passed under King Henry IV of England
De_heretico_comburendo
Preventing or removing echo in telephony
Echo suppression and echo cancellation are methods used in telephony to improve voice quality by preventing echo from being created or removing it after
Echo suppression and cancellation
Echo_suppression_and_cancellation
Fire protection method
extinguishment is effected by firefighters. Suppression mode sprinklers, also known as Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR) sprinklers, are intended
Fire_sprinkler_system
2005 United Nations treaty
Terrorism Convention (formally, the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism) is a 2005 United Nations treaty designed
Nuclear_Terrorism_Convention
The Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation or SUA Convention is a multilateral treaty by which states
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
Convention_for_the_Suppression_of_Unlawful_Acts_against_the_Safety_of_Maritime_Navigation
Concept in psychology
emotion regulation strategy. Compared to suppression (including both thought suppression and expressive suppression), which is positively correlated with
Emotional_self-regulation
Ecclesiastical subdivision of a diocese
congregants organized into a new parish, and take on its identity. Under suppression, the identity of one parish is abolished, and its former congregants
Parish_(Catholic_Church)
Electrical capacitor with an insulating plastic film as the dielectric
geological probes, or burn-in circuits. RFI/EMI suppression capacitors Metallized paper RFI suppression capacitors (MP3) with safety marks for “X2” safety
Film_capacitor
Physiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous system
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition is the classical and original electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
Depolarization-induced_suppression_of_inhibition
Phenomenon in visual perception
Saccadic masking, also known as (visual) saccadic suppression, is the phenomenon in visual perception where the brain selectively blocks visual processing
Saccadic_masking
Inability of the mind to avoid thinking unwanted thoughts or emotions
"the white bear problem." The phenomenon was identified through thought suppression studies in experimental psychology. Social psychologist Daniel Wegner
Ironic_process_theory
Drug that reduces appetite
non-pharmacological approach. Drinking water prior to each meal may help in appetite suppression. Consumption of 500 mL (18 imp fl oz; 17 US fl oz) of water 30 minutes
Anorectic
The cultural suppression in Tibet refers to a range of policies and actions carried out by the People's Republic of China that critics and human rights
Cultural_repression_in_Tibet
The Money Laundering Suppression Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law aimed at improving the detection and prevention of money laundering, passed in September
Money Laundering Suppression Act
Money_Laundering_Suppression_Act
Concept in communication theory
The law of the suppression of radical potential is an idea first described by Brian Winston in his book, Misunderstanding Media. It states that when a
Law of the suppression of radical potential
Law_of_the_suppression_of_radical_potential
1997 United Nations anti-terrorism treaty
Terrorist Bombings Convention (formally the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) is a 1997 United Nations treaty designed to criminalize
Terrorist_Bombings_Convention
Protects electrical devices from voltage spikes
external events, such as lightning or motor arcing. Transient voltage suppression diodes are used for unidirectional or bidirectional electrostatic discharge
Surge_protector
1921 multilateral treaty
The International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children is a 1921 multilateral treaty of the League of Nations that addressed
International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
International_Convention_for_the_Suppression_of_the_Traffic_in_Women_and_Children
International treaty
The Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation (sometimes referred to as the Sabotage Convention or the Montreal
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
Convention_for_the_Suppression_of_Unlawful_Acts_against_the_Safety_of_Civil_Aviation
Principle in hadron decay rates
energy than the three gluons of the OZI-suppressed annihilation. The suppression arises from both the smaller values of the QCD coupling constant at high
OZI_rule
The International Bureau for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children (IBSTWC), also known as only the International Bureau, was a British
International Bureau for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children
International_Bureau_for_the_Suppression_of_the_Traffic_in_Women_and_Children
Optical phenomenon
Motion-induced interocular suppression is a phenomenon in which when one eye is presented with a constantly moving visual pattern while the other eye
Motion-induced interocular suppression
Motion-induced_interocular_suppression
Sciences and research that were banned by the Soviet Union
dialectical materialism. These tests served as a cover for political suppression of scientists who engaged in research labeled as "idealistic" or "bourgeois"
Repression of science in the Soviet Union
Repression_of_science_in_the_Soviet_Union
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of Suppression
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory over Suppression
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lord of Suppression
Boy/Male
Sikh
Skirt of the victor, Victory over suppression
Boy/Male
Sikh
Skirt of the victor, Victory over suppression
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a swamp or bog, from Old English slÅh ‘slough’, or a habitational name from one of the various places, for example Slough in Berkshire, named with this word.English : nickname for a sluggish or stupid person, from Middle English slou ‘slow’.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a blackthorn or sloe, from Middle English sloh. Compare Slaughter 3.Americanized form of Polish and Jewish Sloma.
Boy/Male
British, English
Ruler
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English, French, German
Of Honorable Birth; From the Land that was Burned
Boy/Male
Irish
Brave; misfortune.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Trust, Companion
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Successful
Boy/Male
English
Herb garden. From the meadow farm. A surname and place name.
Girl/Female
German, Spanish
Manly; Strong as Man; Female Version of Charles; Womanly
Girl/Female
Hindu
Of good character, Clever in amorous sciences (Wife of Lord Krishna)
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The Primal God
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
SUPPRESSION
n.
The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.
n.
The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.
v. t.
A state of suppression.
n.
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
n.
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
n.
Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
a.
Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
n.
The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.
n.
The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.
n.
Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
n.
A retention or suppression of urine.
v. i.
The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
n.
The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.
n.
State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.
n.
Suspension; temporary suppression.
n.
Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
n.
Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
n.
The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts.
n.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
n.
Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.