different between topographic vs ogive

English

Adjective

topographic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to topography.

Synonyms

• topographical

Translations

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