Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
2. (now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
3. (military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
4. (computing) The function used to abort a process.
5. (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely.
2. (transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
3. (intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
4. (intransitive, biology) 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.
5. (transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
6. (intransitive, military) To fail or abandon a mission for any reason other than enemy action, at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
7. (transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
8. (transitive) To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.
9. (transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.