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taper$81663$ - translation to greek
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Taper (disambiguation); Taper (geometry); Tapers
taper
adj. κωνοειδής
Definition
taper
(tapers, tapering, tapered)
1.
If something tapers, or if you taper it, it becomes gradually thinner at one end.
Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up...
Taper the shape of your eyebrows towards the outer corners.
VERB: V, V n
• tapered
...the elegantly tapered legs of the dressing-table.
ADJ
2.
If something tapers or is tapered, it gradually becomes reduced in amount, number, or size until it is greatly reduced.
There are signs that inflation is tapering...
If you take these drugs continuously, withdrawal must be tapered.
VERB: V, be V-ed
•
Taper off means the same as taper
.
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Immigration is expected to taper off...
I suggested that we start to taper off the counseling sessions.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron), also V n P
3.
A taper is a long, thin candle or a thin wooden strip that is used for lighting fires.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Taper
Taper may refer to:
- Part of an object in the shape of a cone (conical)
- Taper (transmission line), a transmission line gradually increasing or decreasing in size
- Fishing rod taper, a measure of the flexibility of a fishing rod
- Conically tapered joints, made of ground glass, commonly used in chemistry labs to mate two glassware components fitted with glass tubings
- Luer taper, a standardized fitting system used for making leak-free connections between slightly conical syringe tips and needles
- Tapered thread, a conical screw thread made of a helicoidal ridge wrapped around a cone
- Machine taper, in machinery and engineering
- Mark Taper Forum, a theatre in the Los Angeles Music Center
- A ratio used in aeronautics (see Chord (aeronautics))
- A thin candle
- Philadelphia Tapers (also New York Tapers and Washington Tapers), a defunct professional basketball team
- Taper (cymbal), the reduction in thickness of a cymbal from center to rim
- Taper pin, used in manufacturing
- Taper insertion pin, used in body piercing
- Taper (concert), a person who records audio concerts, usually via portable setup
- Taper, a type of men's haircut (see crew cut)
