- Look up
taper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Taper may
refer to: Part of an
object in the
shape of a cone (conical)
Taper (transmission line), a transmission...
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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...
- In sports,
tapering is the
practice of
reducing exercise in the days just
before an
important competition.
Tapering is
customary both in
endurance sports...
- In
cymbal making,
taper refers to the
gradual change in
thickness from the bell to the rim of the cymbal. It is one of the key
features that determines...
- 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
machine taper is a
system for
securing cutting tools or
toolholders in the
spindle of a
machine tool or
power tool. A male
member of
conical form (that...
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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...
- 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...
- A
taper is a
person who
records musical events,
often from
standing microphones in the audience, for the
benefit of the
musical group's fanbase. Such...
- S. (Sydney) Mark
Taper (25
December 1901 – 15
December 1994) was a Polish-born British-American real
estate developer,
financier and
philanthropist in...
