Ogive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Statistics A distribution curve in which the frequencies are cumulative.
  • n. Statistics A frequency distribution.
  • n. Architecture A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault.
  • n. Architecture A pointed arch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
  • n. A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
  • n. The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
  • n. A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture: A pointed arch; also, the diagonal rib of a vault of the type normal in the French architecture of the thirteenth century. See arc ogive, under arc.
  • n. A window of the Pointed style.
  • Ogival.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere
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