Old English tapur, taper "candle, lamp-wick," not found outside English, possibly a dissimilated borrowing from Latin papyrus (see papyrus), which was used in Medieval Latin and some Romance [..]

1580s, "shoot up like a flame or spire," via an obsolete adjective taper, from taper (n.), on the notion of the converging form of the flame of a candle. Sense of "become slender, gradu [..]

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A uniform increase or decrease in the size or diameter of a workpiece.

a candle.

(n) the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)(v) diminish gradually(n) a convex shape that narrows toward a point(n) a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil l [..]

The change in wind turbine blade width (chord) along the length.

candela

a small diameter at one end of part, for instance: tapered piston or taper cylinder bore.

Cone-shaped object or form.

Angle of a helix or threads made on a conical surface.

The reduction of girth from the base to the tip of the stem. Greater in open grown trees than in close plantations.

small wax candle

The slow graduation of a rod, line, or leader, one end being thicker than the other.

process of slowly lowering your dosage of medicine to reach a maintenance dose or to stop taking the medicine altogether. It is important to taper certain medicines—corticosteroids in particular—to gi [..]

How the resistance of a potentiometer or variable resistor varies as the adjustment is changed. Read more about resistor terms and the Definition of Taper.

A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle * '''~1603''', William Shakespeare, ''Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157: *: strike on the tinder, ho!/ Give me a taper. * '''1913''', , '''' *: L [..]