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Definition of Ogive
1. Noun. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
Definition of Ogive
1. n. The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
Definition of Ogive
1. Noun. (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault. ¹
3. Noun. (context: ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket. ¹
4. Noun. (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ogive
1. a pointed arch [n -S] : OGIVAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ogive
Literary usage of Ogive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond, Thomas Day (1824)
"It is sufficient «ogive a good writ without giving a good demand; and therefore,
if the defendant in dower says, that part lies in another vill, ..."
2. A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Alphonse de Lamartine (1838)
"... at one end, toward the street by small ogive windows, lined with lattice work,
and towards the apartment it is also concealed by wooden lattice work, ..."
3. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"ogive thanks unto the LORD ; for he it good : because his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. ..."
4. The Golden Lyre: A New Collection of Church Music, Adapted to the Various by Virgil Corydon Taylor (1850)
"ogive to us dai - ly Our por - tion of bread; BESE And thine be the glo • ry
For • ev - er— A - men. And thine be the glo - ry For ev er— A - men. ..."
5. Manufacture of Artillery Ammunition by John Herbert Van Deventer, E. A. Suverkrop, Robert Mawson, Fred Herbert Colvin (1917)
"B. Forming and threading ogive. C. Boring and reaming ogive. D. Threading ogive
nose. ... Finish-turning ogive and shell. 15. Pressing on copper band. ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"He also has : ' ogive, an ogive, or ogee in architecture.' ß. The suggestion in E.
Müller is certainly right ; he compares the Span, auge, highest point. ..."
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