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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 Tapers from wikipedia
- thin
candle Philadelphia Tapers (also New York
Tapers and
Washington Tapers), a
defunct professional basketball team
Taper (cymbal), the
reduction in...
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belong to the tool or to the spindle;
spindle noses may have male
tapers,
female tapers, or both.
Machine tool
operators must be able to
install or remove...
- In sports,
tapering is the
practice of
reducing exercise in the days just
before an
important competition.
Tapering is
customary both in
endurance sports...
-
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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Tapers generally do not
financially profit from
recording such
concerts and
record using their own
equipment with
permission from the artist.
Taper recordings...
- In firearms,
Tapering refers to
components that
narrow down,
similar to that of a
conical fashion hence the name
taper. In barrels, this
centralises m****...
- 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 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...
- than the other.
Tapers are
usually used for
expanding piercings in
order to
accommodate larger plugs. Even at
smaller gauges,
tapers are not
meant to...
- (1961–1962). It
traces its
history to the 1950s AAU New York
Tapers.
Originally the
amateur New York
Tapers, the team pla**** in the NABL and was
sponsored by Technical...
