Definizione monolingua

abort

abort (third-person singular simple present aborts, present participle aborting, simple past and past participle aborted)

1. (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.
2. (transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.
3. (intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
4. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
5. (military) To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

abort (plural aborts)

1. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.vi:

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

2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
4. (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.

   Weve had three aborts over the last two days.

5. (military) An early termination of a mission.

   Weve had aborts on three of our last seven launches.

Definizione dizionario abort

	abortire
	to miscarry
	to cause a premature termination

	interrompere
	to cause a premature termination
	( '''computing''' ) to terminate a process prior to completion
	To terminate abruptly, often used in reference to a program or procedure in progress.

	fallire
	to miscarry

	fermare
	( '''computing''' ) to terminate a process prior to completion

interrompere l’esecuzione di

terminare un programma bruscamente

Altri significati:

(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.

(intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth something prematurely.

A miscarriage

The function used to abort a process

(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.

The product of a miscarriage

(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.

(computing) An event involving the abort of a process.

(computing) The function used to abort a process.

( '''biology''' ) to become checked in normal development

To end a running process.

(military) An early termination of a mission.

(transitive) To cause a premature termination whether of a foetus or more generally of anything that has been begun.

(military) To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action. It may occur at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.

(now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.