TAPER - 2 reference results
Taper may refer to:
- Fishing rod tapers, a measure of the flexibility of a fishing rod
- In geometry, or in the casual description of a shaper or object, a gradual thinning or narrowing towards one end
- Machine taper, in machinery and engineering
- Mark Taper Forum, a theatre in the Los Angeles Music Center
- A ratio used in aeronautics (see Chord (aircraft))
- A thin candle is called a taper
- Philadelphia Tapers (also New York Tapers and Washington Tapers), a defunct professional basketball team
- Taper (cymbal), the reduction in thickness of a cymbal from center to rim
- Taper pin, used in body piercing and manufacturing
- Tapering (sports), a period of rest before competition
- A misspelling of Tapir, a large, pig-like mammal with a prehensile snout
Taper as a surname:
- Louise Taper, American historian
- Mark Taper, American developer, financier and philanthropist
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