ogive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ogive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ogive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ogive n front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere Synonym(s): nose cone, ogive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ogive \O"give\, n. [F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.