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TaperedTaper Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end. Tapered
Tapered Ta"pered, a.
Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.]
--T. Warton.
TaperTaper Ta"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tapered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tapering.]
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf
tapers toward one end. Taper
Taper Ta"per, v. t.
To make or cause to taper.
Taper
Taper Ta"per, n. [AS. tapur, tapor, taper; cf. Ir. tapar, W.
tampr.]
1. A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a
small light.
Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. --Shak.
2. A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an
elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
Taper
Taper Ta"per, a. [Supposed to be from taper, n., in allusion
to its form.]
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward
one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Meaning of tapered from wikipedia
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Tapering may
refer to:
Tapering (economics),
reduction of the
quantitative easing program in the US
Tapering (mathematics), a type of
shape transformation...
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between the
toolholder and spindle.
Tools with a
tapered shank are
inserted into a
matching tapered socket and
pushed or
twisted into place. They are...
- In sports,
tapering is the
practice of
reducing exercise in the days just
before an
important competition.
Tapering is
customary both in
endurance sports...
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having a
slightly larger diameter than the other.
Metric taper pins have a
taper of 1:50. A 1:50
taper means that one end of a 50 mm long bar will be 1 mm...
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increasing or
decreasing in size
Fishing rod
taper, a
measure of the
flexibility of a
fishing rod
Conically tapered joints, made of
ground gl****,
commonly used...
- The Luer
taper is a
standardized system of small-scale
fluid ****ings used for
making leak-free
connections between a male-
taper ****ing and its mating...
- A Look at the
Rigidity of
Benchrest Barrels Why are gun
barrels tapered? How to
taper a
rifle barrel Calculating Barrel Pressure and
Projectile Velocity...
- In medicine,
tapering is the
practice of
gradually reducing the
dosage of a
medication to
reduce or
discontinue it. Generally,
tapering is done is to avoid...
- The
Philadelphia Tapers were an
American professional basketball team that pla**** a
partial 1962–1963
season in the
American Basketball League (1961–1962)...
- e.g.,
oxygen service.
Tapered threaded ****ings are
sometimes used on
plastic piping. Due to the
wedging effect of the
tapered thread,
extreme care must...
