ogee

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Italian and Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈoʊd͡ʒiː/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/, /ˈəʊd͡ʒiː/ Rhymes: -iː Homophone: O.G. === Noun === ogee (plural ogees) (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape. Synonym: cyma (architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees. Synonym: ogive (mathematics) An inflection point. (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow. (distillation) The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== line of beauty === Further reading === ogee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ogee in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ogee”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.