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Webster 1913 Edition

Ogive

O′give

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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

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Noun.
o'jiv. In architecture, an arch or branch of the Gothic vault, which passing diagonally from one angle to another forms a cross with the other arches. The middle where the ogives cross each other, is called the key. The members or moldings of the ogives are called nerves, branches or reins, and the arches which separate the ogives, double arches.

Definition 2024

Ogive

Ogive

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German

Noun

Ogive ? ‎(genitive Ogive, plural Ogiven)

  1. ogive

ogive

ogive

See also: Ogive

English

A Gothic facade with ogival arches.

Noun

ogive ‎(plural ogives)

  1. (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
  2. (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
  3. (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
  4. (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.

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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)

  1. (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive
  2. (military) nose cone (of missile)

Derived terms

  • ogive nucléaire

References

  • Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy

Italian

Noun

ogive f

  1. plural of ogiva

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Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French augive/ogive.

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