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tapering

DEFINITIONS OF: tapering

1

n the act of gradually lowering the size or amount

“the doctor prescribed the tapering of the dose”
Type of:
lowering
the act of causing to become less

adj becoming gradually narrower

“long tapering fingers”
Synonyms:
narrowing, tapered
narrow
not wide

adj gradually decreasing until little remains

Synonyms:
dwindling, tapering off
decreasing
becoming less or smaller
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