### ogive

#### القوس القوطي

noun

1. Statistics A distribution curve in which the frequencies are cumulative.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

2. Statistics A frequency distribution.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

3. Architecture A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

4. Architecture A pointed arch.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

### Examples

• I personally thought it should have been the concept chosen over Lockheed's double-ogive concept which was trouble just waiting to happen.

• Also, I failed to mention that I have tweaked my C.O.A.L. a bit, putting the ogive of my Sierra's closer to the rifling.

• Also, Most of the air flow across the rifling grooves is inconsequential since most of the bearing surface is in the boundary layer created behind the ogive.

• One with secant ogive and minimal meplat is best at extreme distances such as 1000 yards.

• The char patterns just aft of the nose cone on the fwd LO2 tank ogive are caused by aero-heating.

#### Wikipedia

A secant ogive of sharpness ${\displaystyle E=120/100=1.2}$
The ogive shape of the Space Shuttle External Tank
Ogive on a 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge

An ogive (/ˈv/ OH-jyve) is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. Ogive curves and surfaces are used in engineering, architecture and woodworking.

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