Co znamená taper v angličtině?

V tomto nejuznávanějším anglickém slovníku se můžete naučit taper výslovnost, gramatiku a synonyma.

taper Význam & definice

0 a long, thin type of candle. -- svíčka
1 (sometimes with off) to make or become narrower or slimmer at one end -- zužovat se
- The leaves taper (off) to a point.

At 1 month post-discharge, the patient was markedly improved as her steroid dose was tapered.
Eventually the filament loses its uniformity and tapers down at its connections to the drop and orifice, as shown in frame (c).
With a hypoplastic, or absent infundibulum, the pulmonary trunk is tapered, and there is usually an element of muscular atresia in the infundibulum as well.
Does the trunk go straight up, the same width or is it tapering?
Moreover, the crustal thickness has apparently been augmented over one hemisphere by up to 20 km or so, gradually tapering off near the hemisphere boundaries.
The thorax is narrow and tapers posteriorly, the pleural spines of the last segment being long and directed backwards.
They are parallel-sided for most of their length, becoming slightly tapered towards the end.
Pygidial axis tapered backward, nearly reaching border furrow.