tapering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tapering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tapering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tapering adj becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" Synonym(s): tapered, tapering, narrowing gradually decreasing until little remains Synonym(s): dwindling, tapering, tapering off n the act of gradually lowering the size or amount; "the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Taper \Ta"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tapered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tapering}.] To become gradually smaller toward one end; as, a sugar loaf tapers toward one end.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tapering \Ta"pering\, a. Becoming gradually smaller toward one end. -- {Ta"pering*ly}, adv.