taper
taper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
- 2.Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
- 3.To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
- 4.To make or cause to taper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire called?
- What is regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers called?
- What is to become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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