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Word: ogive (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • architecture A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
  • ballistics The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
  • geology A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
  • statistics The curve of a cumulative distribution function.

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