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Culminate vs Abort - What's the difference?

culminate | abort |

As a verb culminate

is (astronomy) of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.

As a noun abort is

restroom, loo, toilet.

culminate

English

Verb

(culminat)
  • (astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
  • To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc.
  • * Milton
    • As when his beams at noon / Culminate from the equator.
  • * Dana
    • The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
  • * Motley
    • The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating .
  • To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion).
    • Their messy breakup culminated in a restraining order.
    New York Times Mr. Bush has been marking the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11 with a series of speeches about terrorism that culminated with his televised address last night.
    The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.
  • To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
  • * 2010 , "By the skin of her teeth", The Economist , 7 Sep 2010:
    • The announcement by Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott in Canberra culminated more than a fortnight of intensive political horse-trading.

    Synonyms

    * peak

    Related terms

    * culm * culminant * culmination * culminating * culminated

    External links

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    abort

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) abortus, perfect active participle of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
  • *, 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.
  • (military, aeronautics) An 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.
  • (computing) The function used to abort a process.
  • (computing) An event involving the abort of a process.
    • We've had three aborts over the last two days.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) abortare, from abortus, from .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To miscarry; to bring forth offspring prematurely.
  • To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
  • To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
  • (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.
  • (biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
  • (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.
  • (aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
  • To cause a premature termination of a foetus; to bring forth offspring prematurely; to end a pregnancy before term.
  • (computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
    • Derived terms
    * abortable * abortee * aborter * abortifacient * abortion * abortive * abortment * abortorium * abortus
    See also
    * abend * exception

    References

    * * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms *

    Anagrams

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