taper – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: convexity,
convex shape,
narrowing,
cord,
lamp,
decrease,
fall,
diminish,
lessen,
change form,
deform,
change shape
taper
v.
gradually decrease in width or thickness at one end; diminish gradually; make thinner at one end; cause to diminish gradually
n.
slender candle; gradual lessening of width
adj.
gradually decreasing in width or thickness
Taper
Taper may refer to:
- Part of an object in the shape of a cone (conical)
- Tapering (mathematics): in geometry, or in the casual description of a shape or object, a gradual thinning or narrowing towards one end (i.e., a conical profile)
- Fishing rod taper, a measure of the flexibility of a fishing rod
- Conically tapered joints, made of ground glass, are commonly used in the chemistry lab 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
- Tapered crack, in concrete: a non through-penetrating fissure with a wedge shape
- Machine taper, in machinery and engineering
- Mark Taper Forum, a theatre in the Los Angeles Music Center
- A ratio used in aeronautics (see Chord (aircraft))
- 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
- Tapering, a period of rest before competition
- A Taper (concert), A person who records audio concerts, usually via portable setup
- A tapered steerer tube on a bicycle
- "Taper," a type of men's haircut (see crew cut)
- In signal processing, a tapering function or window function
taper
Noun
1. a convex shape that narrows toward a point
(hypernym) convex shape, convexity
(derivation) sharpen, point
2. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
(hypernym) narrowing
(hyponym) point, pointedness
(derivation) sharpen, point
3. a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
(synonym) wick
(hypernym) cord
(hyponym) candlewick
(part-holonym) oil lamp, kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp
4. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
(synonym) candle, wax light
(hypernym) lamp
(hyponym) chandlery
(part-meronym) candlewick
Verb
1. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(derivation) tapering
2. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
(synonym) sharpen, point
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
(hyponym) acuminate
(see-also) taper off
taper
v.
beat; slap, clap; beat down, rap, punch; type; stamp, swat, thump
Taper
(v. t.)
To make or cause to taper.
(v. i.)
To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
(n.)
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object; as, the taper of a spire.
(n.)
A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
(a.)
Regularly narrowed toward the point; becoming small toward one end; conical; pyramidical; as, taper fingers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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