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Rareabort
The correct spelling is abort.
How to pronounce abort
/əˈbɔːt/
nounIPA: /əˈbɔːt/
Say it like: Abo-rt
The correct spelling is abort. A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. For example: "We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches."
Usage Examples
“We've had aborts on three of our last seven launches.”
“We've had three aborts over the last two days.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
- 2.The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
- 3.An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
- 4.The function used to abort a process.
- 5.An event involving the abort of a process.
verb
- 1.(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
- 2.To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
- 3.To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
- 4.To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
- 5.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.
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