tapering | BabelNet

ENtaperingNoun

The act of gradually lowering the size or amount

Quantitative easing is a monetary policy action where a central bank purchases predetermined amounts of government bonds or other financial assets in order to stimulate economic activity.

quantitative easingQE

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In signal processing and statistics, a window function is a mathematical function that is zero-valued outside of some chosen interval, normally symmetric around the middle of the interval, usually approaching a maximum in the middle, and usually tapering away from the middle.

window function

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In firearms,Tapering refers to components that narrow down, similar to that of a conical fashion hence the name taper.

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In sports, tapering refers to the practice of reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition.

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In medicine, tapering is the practice of gradually reducing the dosage of a medication to reduce or discontinue it.

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In mathematics, physics, and theoretical computer graphics, tapering is a kind of shape deformation.

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ENtaperingAdjective

Becoming gradually narrower

taperednarrowing

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Gradually decreasing until little remains

dwindlingtapering off

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