sustention
/səˈstɛnʃn/noun
1The action of sustaining or maintaining something. Also: the result of this; maintenance, preservation, upkeep. Compare sustentation Now rare.
2The sustaining or prolongation of a sound, especially a speech sound or a musical note.
3The quality of being sustained in argument or style.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Lincoln Wills. Either from classical Latin sustent-, past participial stem of sustinēre sustain + -ion, after e.g. retention, etc., or an alteration of sustentation by association with the same models.
- stationary
- stationary air
- stationary bicycle
- stationary bike
- stationary engine
- stationary motion
- stationary point
- stationary state
- stationary wave
- station bill
- station black
- station boy
- station break
- station-bred
- station chapel
- station commander
- station day
- station distance
- stationer
- cat's tail
- catsuit
- catsup
- cat's whisker
- cattail
- Catt, Carrie Chapman