a|bort´er

a|bort´er
a|bort «uh BRT», verb, noun.
–v.i.
1. to fail to develop or come to completion; end a mission, test, or experiment prematurely: »

The rocket flight aborted.

2. to give birth before the embryo can live outside the mother's body because it is still dependent upon her body system to support its own; miscarry.
3. to end prematurely and fruitlessly.
4. Biology. to be arrested in growth, as an organ; fail to develop.
–v.t.
1. to end or abandon (a mission, test, or experiment) before completion.
2. to cause to give birth prematurely.
–n.
1. an aborting or being aborted: »

Any malfunction of the power plant, which must be completely automatic, … will cause an abort and loss of the missile (Ben I. Funk).

2. U.S. a test, operation, or mission, as of a missile launching, broken off or abandoned prior to completion.
3. U.S. a mechanism that fails to begin, or to complete, a scheduled operation or test.
4. an aircraft mission, sortie, or flight given up for reasons other than enemy action.
[< Latin abortus, past participle of aborīrī miscarry < ab- amiss + orīrī be born]
a|bort´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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