Term: tapering: the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: fastener: a person who fastens or makes fast
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: medic: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: agnatha: superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: subgenus calliopsis: used in some classification systems for some plants of genus Coreopsis
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: clipping: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: psaltery: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: tie tack: a pin used to hold the tie in place
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: featherweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: sabin vaccine: an oral vaccine (containing live but weakened poliovirus) that is given to provide immunity to poliomyelitis
Broader: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something | Unrelated: kookaburra: Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry