abort.
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
Meaning & usage
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.
The function used to abort a process.
An event in which a process is aborted.
We've had three aborts over the last two days.
The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortus.
To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
To terminate a process prior to completion.
Where this word comes from
From Latin abortare, from abortus, from aboriri (“miscarry”), from ab- (“not”) + oriri (“come into being, arise, appear”).
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