“Taper” or “Tapir”—Which to use?

Definitions

What each term means

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nouna convex shape that narrows toward a point.
nounthe property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone).
verbdiminish gradually.

nounlarge inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate of tropical America and southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.

Usage

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…attributes, including box length, height, taper angle and platform area, determine…
…upper and lower cheek, which taper off as they move from…
…broader in the middle and taper to a pointed end.
…and might not require a taper.
…at quarter chord and a taper ratio of 65%.
…tips where there was straight taper.
…10g or 8g using a taper is to prevent the 'cheese-cutter…
…Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.
…racquet with 22 mm dual taper beam, 285 g weight.
The elytra do not taper noticeably over most of their

…contained Pleistocene horse, Burden's pronghorn, tapir, sloth, and other extinct and…
…World animals, such as the tapir, opossum, manatee, iguana, armadillo, ant-eaters,…
…the condor, ocelots, puma, viscacha, tapir, rhea, skunk, llama, huanaco, paca,…
…Ter Topor Tuchola Tyran Tranto Tapir Taras Tarzan Tomahawk Torun Turon…
April, 30, Belizean zoo tapir.
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