abortnoun詞源 1/əˈbɔːt/

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  aeronauticsaerospacebusinessAn 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.
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  computingengineeringmathematicsThe function used to abort a process.

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  computingengineeringmathematicsAn event in which a process is aborted.

  • We've had three aborts over the last two days.
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  archaicThe product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.

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  obsoleteA miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.

  • In Japonia 'tis a common thing to stifle their children if they be poor, or to make an abort, which Aristotle commends.

abortverb詞源 2/əˈbɔːt/

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  regionalmedicinesciencesTo miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.

  • Women have aborted, men have committed suicide, and both men and women have been thrown into convulsions during the fearful agony of renal colic.
  • In the study group ll patients aborted spontaneously between the 17th and 20th gestational week and 8 patients aborted after the 21st week.
• 2

  To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.

  • "Of course, you can't abort yourself...I mean you positively can't be allowed to. To begin with it's a crime."
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  To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.

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  To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.

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  biologynatural-sciencesTo 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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  biologynatural-sciencesTo cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsTo abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

  • First he aborts the take-off and now we have a runway incursion!
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  aeronauticsaerospacebusinessTo terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.