- 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.