English

Etymology
From prefix dis-, not, + mount

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�nt|-a�nt

Noun
en-noun

1. (gymnastics): The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

#:A stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive to get off of (something)

#:She carefully dismounted from the horse.

1. computing: (transitive) to make a hard drive unavailable for use

#:The VMS operator tried to dismount the unix hard drive with the <tt>DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT</tt> command, instead of <tt>umount /mnt/nfshome</tt>.

Translations
to get off of
Chinese: ��
Dutch: demonteer
Esperanto: de�evali�i (specifically a horse)
French: démonter
German: abnehmen
Greek: κα�εβεί (katebeí)
Italian: smontarsi

Synonyms
(computing) unmount, umount

Antonyms
(to get off of) get on
(computing) mount

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