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o⋅give

  [oh-jahyv, oh-jahyv]
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–noun
1. Architecture.
a. a diagonal vaulting rib.
b. a pointed arch.
2. Statistics. the distribution curve of a frequency distribution.
3. Rocketry. the curved nose of a missile or rocket.
Origin:
1605–15; < F, MF ogive, augive < Sp aljibe < SpAr al-jibb the well
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o·give   (ō'jīv')   
n.  

  1. Statistics

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

    2. A frequency distribution.

    3. A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault.

    4. A pointed arch.

  2. Architecture

    1. A diagonal rib of a Gothic vault.

    2. A pointed arch.


[Middle English ogif and French ogive, diagonal rib of a vault, both from Old French augive, probably from Vulgar Latin *obviātīva, from Late Latin obviāta, feminine past participle of obviāre, to resist; see obviate.]
o·gi'val adj.
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