different between ogee vs ogive

English

Etymology

Corruption of French ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin auge? (“to increase, strengthen”), Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??d?i?/, /?o?d?i?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d?i?/, /???d?i?/
• Homophone: O.G.

Noun

ogee (plural ogees)

1. (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.

   Coordinate terms: cymatium, cyma
2. (architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees.

   Synonym: ogive

3. (mathematics) An inflection point.
4. (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
5. (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

• ogee arch
• ogee clock
• ogee washer

See also

• line of beauty

Translations

Further reading

• ogee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ogee in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ogee”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, from Middle French augive/ogive. Doublet of ogee.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????a?v/, /???d?a?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o??a?v/, /?o?d?a?v/

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.

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 [Term?], from Latin aug?re, 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): /?.?iv/

Noun

ogive f (plural ogives)

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

Derived terms

• croisée d'ogives
• ogive nucléaire

Descendants

• English: ogee

References

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

Further reading

• “ogive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

ogive f

1. plural of ogiva

Anagrams

• Giove