different between pointed vs ogive

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: poin?t?d, IPA^(key): /?p??nt?d/

Verb

pointed

1. simple past tense and past participle of point

Adjective

pointed (comparative more pointed, superlative most pointed)

1. (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.

   The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

2. (not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.

   The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.

3. (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
   • 1863 February 21, “Important from Washington”, in The New York Times:

     Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment […]

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.

   • 1910 September 3, “Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times:

     President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.

4. (topology, algebraic topology, of a topological space) That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.

Synonyms

• (sharp): pointy, sharp

Antonyms

• (sharp): blunt

Derived terms

• Earth-pointed
• pointedly

Translations

Anagrams

• opted in, pitoned

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