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TAPERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tapered mean? 

TAPERED (adjective)
  The adjective TAPERED has 1 sense:

1. becoming gradually narrowerplay

  Familiarity information: TAPERED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAPERED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming gradually narrower

Synonyms:

narrowing; tapered; tapering

Context example:

trousers with tapered legs

Similar:

narrow (not wide)


 Context examples 


A measurement of the Helmet cells (specialized Keratocytes with two projections on either end that are tapered and hornlike) in a biological specimen.

(Helmet Cell Count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A long, hollow needle with a tapered cutting edge on one end and a handle with a place to attach a syringe on the other end.

(Jamshidi needle, NCI Dictionary)

This species is non-sporulating, has a slender shape with tapered ends and exhibits pleomorphic irregular staining.

(Fusobacterium gonidiaformans, NCI Thesaurus)



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