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tapered

  • adjective
  • /ˈteɪ.pə(ɹ)d/

Narrowing gradually towards a point.

Other meanings

  1. Lit with a taper.

Synonyms

  • narrowing

Related words

  • electrotapered
  • multitapered
  • nontapered
  • untapered

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tapered” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.