the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area"
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"
terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer"
forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"