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taper
Engineering (in conical parts) the amount of variation in the diameter per unit of length
taper [′tā·pər]
(aerospace engineering)
An airfoil feature in which either the thickness or the chord length or both decrease from the root to the tip.
(electricity)
Continuous or gradual change in electrical properties with mechanical position such as rotation or length; for example, continuous change of cross section of a waveguide, or distribution of resistance in a potentiometer.
taper
A gradual diminution of thickness in an elongated object, as in a spire.
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Westmacott was standing, as rigid as a statue, in the center of the room, with a lighted taper in her right hand.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Into the right hand, which was lying palm downwards, a wax taper had been thrust between forefinger and thumb, and an old servant, bending over from behind the chair, held it in position.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Never were hands more exquisite than hers, and it was a joy to look at them when she threaded her needle or adjusted her gold thimble to her taper middle finger as she sewed away on the little night-drawers or fashioned a bodice or a bib.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
 
 
 
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