v. 1. To make or become less wide or less thick at one end.
A boning knife tapers to a very sharp point.
2. To lesson gradually. (Usually used with off.)
As a loud knock was heard at the door, the speaker's voice tapered off, and she fell silent.
n. A thin candle.
The only light in the room came from a flickering taper.
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This is the formula for calculating a taper: Large diameter of the taper minus the small Diameter of the taper divided by the length of of the taper will give you the taper per inch. You will also need to know the included angle of the taper if you ar cutting this taper. This formula would be Tangent of the included angle divide by 2.
The taper, per foot, is 0.0896
1.5 minutes means 1 minute and 30 seconds.
90 Minutes or 1 Hour 30 Minutes
It is 1/30 but if you mean 2 divided by 1 and 5/9 then it is 9/7 or 1 and 2/7
1:30
taper 4 and a 1
British taper
18.4349
This is the formula for calculating a taper: Large diameter of the taper minus the small Diameter of the taper divided by the length of of the taper will give you the taper per inch. You will also need to know the included angle of the taper if you ar cutting this taper. This formula would be Tangent of the included angle divide by 2.
Clean Caper Mean Draper Scene Taper
This means that it is the opposite of the normal direction that a taper goes. Example; If a normal taper goes to the left, a reverse taper goes to the right.
"Entasis" refers to the taper of a column.
Taper allowance
Mark Taper died in 1994.
Mark Taper was born in 1902.
30 minutes after the hour. "Its half past 1." it's 1:30!