abort
An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or…An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
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Meaning
5 sensesAn 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.
Abort
The function used to abort a process.
Abbruch
An event in which a process is aborted.
We've had three aborts over the last two days.
More meanings 2
(archaic)The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
(obsolete)A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
Abort, Schwangerschaftsabbruch
або́ртabórt, вы́кидышvýkidyš
- the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
Origin
From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”)From Middle English, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle of aborior (“miscarry”), formed from ab + orior (“to come into being”). Doublet of abortus.
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