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  2. Fishing rod tapers - Wikipedia

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    Rod taper is important for several reasons. The feel for the lure being used and the fish being caught dictate the appropriate taper use. A fast action tip will be used when fishing jig type lures. The angler can feel and therefore control what the lure is doing quite easily.

  3. Tree taper - Wikipedia

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    Tree taper is the degree to which a tree's stem or bole decreases in diameter as a function of height above ground. Within Forestry and for the purposes of timber production, trees with a high degree of taper are said to have poor form, while those with low taper have good form. The opposite is the case for open-grown amenity trees.

  4. Lavochkin La-160 - Wikipedia

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    The swept wings were of very low taper (almost constant chord) with 1/2 span flaps/ailerons and two wing fences each side. Although designed as a fighter, Aircraft 160 was intended for research into high-speed swept-wing flight, of which little was known in the mid-1940s - only the 1945-era light, piston-engined MiG-8 canard had used even a ...

  5. 3 Charts Tell the Tale of the Fed's "Taper" - AOL

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  6. Machine taper - Wikipedia

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    Spindle nose on a lathe headstock. The small female taper is a Morse taper to take a lathe center or a tool such as a twist drill. The large male taper takes a lathe chuck, which is retained by the large nut. A machine taper is a system for securing cutting tools or toolholders in the spindle of a machine tool or power tool.

  7. Taper pin - Wikipedia

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    A form of taper pin that precedes these standards is the clock pin, used to accurately and repeatably register parts of a clock to one another. Clock pins do not have a standardised taper, but they generally have a more pronounced taper than the standard engineering pins. The size or gauge is defined by diameter at each end, and the length.

  8. Macy's lists 66 'underproductive' stores set for closure ...

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    Macy's has named 66 of the 150 stores that it's planning to close as part of its revitalization plan.. The retailer announced back in February 2024 plans to shut down 150 "underproductive" Macy's ...

  9. List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical ...

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    World Aeronautical Chart WAT weight, altitude, temperature Variables that affect takeoff performance W&B Weight & Balance Sometimes referred to as WxB WCA Wind Correction Angle WD Wind direction: Or: WINDR WDM Wiring Diagram Manual WEF with effect from WEP War Emergency Power WL Waterline: WMA WXR waveguide adapter WMI WXR indicator mount WMS