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Webster 1913 Edition
Ogive
O′give
,Noun.
[F.
ogive
, OF. augive
a pointed arch, LL. augiva
a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.)
The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ogive
OGIVE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Ogive
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See also: Ogive
English
A Gothic facade with ogival arches.
Noun
ogive (plural ogives)
- (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
- (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
- (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Translations
Gothic pointed arch
nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
wave-bulges of glaciers
Related terms
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *augplva, from Latin augere, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔʒiv/
Noun
ogive f (plural ogives)
- (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive
- (military) nose cone (of missile)
Derived terms
- ogive nucléaire
References
- Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy