(medicine) A colour-coded tape measure used in pediatric emergencies, mapping a child's height and weight to the appropriate equipment sizes, medication dosages, and defibrillation voltages.

plural of tape ball

(countable) A tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape, used in playing street cricket in Asia. / (uncountable) The game of cricket played using such a ball.

(derogatory) Time-consuming bureaucratic procedures or regulations relating to environmental concerns.

(computing theory) The infinitely long memory tape on which a Turing machine would operate, consisting of individual cells that can be read or written.

(computing, historical, informal) A basic form of computer tape that holds unjustified text, and is later processed automatically by a machine that determines where line breaks should appear in the properly formatted output.

Synonym of mixtape (“non-commercial compilation of songs on tape”)

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tape-record

present participle of tape-record

(UK, athletics) To win a race by hitting the tape with the chest