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Definition of 'tapering'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tapering
the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
"the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"

2. (adj) tapered, tapering, narrowing
becoming gradually narrower
"long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

3. (adj) dwindling, tapering, tapering off
gradually decreasing until little remains

Definition of 'tapering'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) tapering
becoming gradually smaller toward one end

2. tapering
of Taper

Translation of 'tapering'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: becoming narrower or slimmer at one end tapering fingers.
Afrikaans: afgedun	Arabic: مُسْتَدِق الطَّرَف	Bulgarian: заострен
Brazilian: afilado	Czech: špičatý	German: spitz zulaufend
Danish: tilspidset	Greek: μυτερός, λεπτός στην άκρη	Spanish: afilado
Estonian: kitsenev, terava otsaga	Farsi: نوک تیز	Finnish: kapeneva
French: fuselé	Hebrew: מְצֵר	Hindi: नुक़ीली, सूच्याग्र
Croatian: stanjen, zašiljen	Hungarian: fokozatosan vékonyodó	Indonesian: meruncing
Icelandic: uppmjókkandi, sem smámjók	Italian: affusolato	Japanese: 先細の
Korean: 끝으로 갈수록 가늘어지는	Lithuanian: smailėjantis	Latvian: konusveidīgs; nosmailināt
Malay: tirus; runcing	Dutch: spits toelopend	Norwegian: som løper ut i en spiss
Polish: zwężający się	Portuguese: afilado	Romanian: alungit
Russian: сужающийся	Slovak: špicatý	Slovenian: koničast
Serbian: koji se sužava	Swedish: avsmalnande, långsmal	Thai: ซึ่งเรียวลงและแคบลงทีละน้
Turkish: ucuna doğru incelen parma	Taiwanese: 漸漸變細的, 錐形的	Ukrainian: загострений
Urdu: سوکھا ہوا	Vietnamese: hình nón, vót nhọn	Chinese: 渐渐变细的，锥形的
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