orphan
Phonetic
US /ˈɔːrfn/UK /ˈɔːfn/
Translations
NOUNA person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died., A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them., Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon., A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page., Any unreferenced object., A young animal with no mother.
ADJDeprived of parents (also orphaned)., Remaining after the removal of some form of support.
VERBTo deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive), To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.
Variants
- orphans: Third Person Singular, Plural
- orphaning: Present Participle
- orphaned: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
Orphan variable or constant class
Source:en.wikipedia.org
Review: ‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Revisits a Sci-Fi Favorite
Source:www.nytimes.com
Disable all git worktree cleanup including orphan and expired workspace cleanup (for debugging)
Source:github.com
Do signal handling and orphan reaping for Unix PID1 init processes
Source:github.com
When state change participants (brokers) are suddenly unavailable, the state change could become an orphan , as the participants do not play the role
Source:github.com
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