ogive

/oh-jahyv, oh-jahyv/US // ˈoʊ dʒaɪv, oʊˈdʒaɪv //UK // (ˈəʊdʒaɪv, əʊˈdʒaɪv) //

卵形,卵形体,卵形的,卵形玻璃

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Architecture. a diagonal vaulting rib.a pointed arch.
- : Statistics. the distribution curve of a frequency distribution.
- : Rocketry. the curved nose of a missile or rocket.

This arch, a natural ogive, fashioned by the waves, was glittering between its two dark and profound supports.
The first floor of the donjon, lighted by a long ogive window, formed a large circular hall.
The ogive is, perhaps, very ancient; and authors dispute as to the anteriority of the Romanesque to the Gothic.
The circular arch reigns throughout, but many in ogive also occur in different parts.
The curves of the commonplace arcade became those of the graceful ogive, or of the proud, far-extending arch.