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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 narrower
Familiarity information: TAPERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming gradually narrower
Synonyms:
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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