Associations to the word «Ogive»
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Wiktionary
OGIVE, noun. (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
OGIVE, noun. (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
OGIVE, noun. (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
OGIVE, noun. (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Dictionary definition
OGIVE, noun. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.