abort
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From Latin abortus, past participle of aboriri "to miscarry", formed from ab- + oriri "to come into being".
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abort (plural aborts)
- A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- Note: As with the more modern "abortion" this can refer either to the process or the result of the process.
- (computing) The function used to abort a process.
- (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
- We've had three aborts over the last two days.
- (military) An early termination of a mission.
- We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
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A miscarriage
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The product of a miscarriage
The function used to abort a process
[edit] Verb
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to abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)
- (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
- (transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
- (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
- (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
- (military) To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
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to miscarry
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to cause a premature termination
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(biology) to become checked in normal development
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(computing) to terminate a process prior to completion
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[edit] References
- abort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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abort
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declension of abort
| nominative | abort |
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| genitive | abortnıñ |
| dative | abortqa |
| accusative | abortnı |
| locative | abortta |
| ablative | aborttan |
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- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
[edit] Danish
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abort c. (singular definite aborten, plural indefinite aborter)
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Inflection of “abort”
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | abort | aborten | aborter | aborterne |
| genitive | aborts | abortens | aborters | aborternes |
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abort m.
- abortion (miscarriage)
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| Inflection for abort | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | abort | aborten | aborter | aborterna |
| Possessive form | aborts | abortens | aborters | aborternas |
abort c.
