ogive

== English == === Etymology === From late Middle English ogif, egeve, egeove, from Old French ogive, œgive, augive. Doublet of ogee. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡaɪv/, /ˈəʊd͡ʒaɪv/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɡaɪv/, /ˈoʊd͡ʒaɪv/ === Noun === ogive (plural ogives) (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function. Synonym: cumulative frequency polygon (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault. (weaponry, ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket. Coordinate term: bourrelet (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ogee ogival ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ogive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia pointed arch (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === vogie == French == === Alternative forms === augive (obsolete) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin augīvus, from Latin augēre, 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): /ɔ.ʒiv/ === Noun === ogive f (plural ogives) (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive (military) nose cone, warhead (of missile) ogives nucléaires ― nuclear warheads ==== Derived terms ==== croisée d'ogives voûte d'ogives ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: ogiva → German: Ogive → Italian: ogiva → Spanish: ojiva === Adjective === ogive feminine singular of ogif === References === 1868, A. Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy === Further reading === “ogive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈd͡ʒi.ve/ Rhymes: -ive Hyphenation: o‧gì‧ve === Noun === ogive f plural of ogiva === Anagrams === Giove