ogive
Americannoun
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Architecture.
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a diagonal vaulting rib.
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a pointed arch.
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Statistics. the distribution curve of a frequency distribution.
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Rocketry. the curved nose of a missile or rocket.
noun
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a diagonal rib or groin of a Gothic vault
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another name for lancet arch
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statistics a graph the ordinates of which represent cumulative frequencies of the values indicated by the corresponding abscissas
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the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload during its passage through the atmosphere
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ogive
1605–15; < French, Middle French ogive, augive < Spanish aljibe < Spanish Arabic al-jibb the well
Example Sentences
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Significantly, the cathedral is a prominent showcase of the Plantagenet Gothic style, incorporating a ceiling of rounded ogive vaults and walls with blind arcades beneath bay windows.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
The relentless ogive of growth fascinated Jacques Monod, the French biologist.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The glass of the rosace above the ogive glowed like fiery coal in the deep carvings of a wheel of stone.
From The End of the Tether by Conrad, Joseph
This association of strengthening ribs in a cross form to each bay of the structure forms the ogive, the characteristic form from which the alternative name to Gothic, “ogival,” has been derived.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
By a dark footpath, soft and damp, under the ogive of the branches, we follow this crystal-paved cloister of green shadow.
From Light by Wray, Fitzwater
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