ogive

See also:Ogive

English

WOTD – 19 March 2007

A Gothic facade with ogival arches (city hall ofMünster,Germany).

Etymology

From lateMiddle Englishogif,egeve,egeove,fromOld Frenchogive,œgive,augive.Doubletofogee.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈəʊɡaɪv/,/ˈəʊd͡ʒaɪv/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈoʊɡaɪv/,/ˈoʊd͡ʒaɪv/

• Audio(US):

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Noun

ogive(pluralogives)

1. (statistics)Thecurveof acumulativedistribution function.
2. (architecture)AGothicpointedarch,or aribof a Gothicvault.
3. (weaponry,ballistics)The pointed, curvednoseof abullet,missile,orrocket.

   Coordinate term:bourrelet

   • 2016,Steven J. Zaloga,Bazooka vs Panzer: Battle of the Bulge 1944,Bloomsbury Publishing,→ISBN,page32:

     However, Ordnance tests revealed that the existing metalogive(nose cone) tended to telescope on impact, cushioning the impact shock, and resulting in the failure of the impact fuze. In addition, theogivetended to shear off from the rest of the body at impact angles of 20 degrees or more,[…]

   • 2019,Thomas Gersbeck,Practical Military Ordnance Identification,2nd edition, CRC Press,→ISBN,page111:

     Nose: The forward end of a warhead. May have a fuze-well, be solid, or be defined by the shape of theogive.
     Ogive:Is aft of the nose, and forward of the bourrelet. May house a fuze adapter with a shape consistent with the contour of theogive.

4. (geology)A three-dimensional wave-bulge,characteristic ofglaciersthat have experienced extreme underlyingtopographicchange.

Related terms

• ogee
• ogival

Translations

curve of a cumulative function

• Finnish:summakäyrä
• French:ogive(fr)f
• German:Ogive
• Occitan:ogiva(oc)f
• Russian:оги́ва(ru)f(ogíva)
• Tagalog:hatimbantok

Gothic pointed arch

• Catalan:arc apuntatm,ogiva(ca)f
• Czech:gotický obloukm
• Finnish:suippokaari(fi)
• French:ogive(fr)
• German:Spitzbogenm,Ogivef
• Italian:arcoa sesto acutom,ogiva(it)f,arco goticom
• Occitan:ogiva(oc)f
• Portuguese:ogiva(pt)f
• Russian:стре́льчатый(ru)(strélʹčatyj)свод(ru)m(svod)
• Swedish:spetsbåge(sv)c
• Ukrainian:стрілча́ста аркаf(strilčásta arka)

nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket

• Finnish:suippokärki
• French:ogive(fr)
• German:Ogive
• Italian:ogiva(it)f
• Occitan:ogiva(oc)f
• Portuguese:ogiva(pt)f
• Russian:ожива́ло(ru)n(oživálo)
• Spanish:ojivaf

wave-bulges of glaciers

Further reading

• ogiveon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pointed arch (architecture)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vogie

French

FWOTD – 9 March 2024

Alternative forms

• augive(obsolete)

Etymology

FromVulgar Latinaugīvus,fromLatinaugēre,as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrasearc ogif,itself fromLatinarcusaugivus.The word was also written asaugivein the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɔ.ʒiv/

• Audio:

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Noun

ogivef(pluralogives)

1. (architecture)diagonalrib,ogive
2. (military)nose cone,warhead(of missile)

   ogivesnucléaires―nuclearwarheads

   • 2022October 27, Thomas d’Istria, “Oleksii Reznikov, le ministre de la défense ukrainien, ne croit pas que Poutine utilisera l’arme nucléaire”, inLe Monde.fr‎^[1]:

     Dans la journée, l’armée russe a procédé à un exercice annuel de dissuasion nucléaire avec des tests de missiles capables de transporter desogivesnucléaires.

     During the day, the Russian army carried out an annual nuclear deterrence exercise with tests of missiles capable of carrying nuclearwarheads.

Derived terms

• croisée d’ogives
• voûte d’ogives

Descendants

• →Spanish:ojiva

Adjective

ogive

1. femininesingularofogif

References

• 1868,A. Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy

Further reading

• “ogive”,inTrésor 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

ogivef

1. pluralofogiva

Anagrams

• Giove