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"Taper" Definition
noun
A gradual decrease in thickness or width of an elongated object.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A gradual decrease, as in action or force.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A small or very slender candle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A source of feeble light.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
adjective
Gradually decreasing in size toward a point.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Progressively narrowed toward one end.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Furnished with or adjusted to a scale.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To become gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off: The storm finally tapered off.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To make smaller gradually.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To become progressively smaller toward one end.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To diminish gradually.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to taper.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end:.
Source: Oxford Dictionary
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