Arch vs. Ogive
Archnoun
An inverted U shape.
Ogivenoun
(statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
Archnoun
An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
Ogivenoun
(architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
Archnoun
(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
Ogivenoun
(ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
Archnoun
Any place covered by an arch; an archway.
‘to pass into the arch of a bridge’;
Ogivenoun
(geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Archnoun
An arc; a part of a curve.
Ogivenoun
The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.
Archnoun
A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
Ogivenoun
front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere
Archnoun
(anatomy) Curved part of the bottom of a foot.
Ogive
An ogive ( OH-jive) is the roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. Ogive curves and surfaces are used in engineering, architecture and woodworking.
Archnoun
(obsolete) A chief.
Archverb
To form into an arch shape
‘The cat arched its back’;
Archverb
To cover with an arch or arches.
Archadjective
Knowing, clever, mischievous.
‘I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.’;
Archadjective
Principal; primary.
Archnoun
Any part of a curved line.
Archnoun
Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
Archnoun
Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
Archnoun
Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
Archnoun
A chief.
‘My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.’;
Archverb
To cover with an arch or arches.
Archverb
To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
‘The horse arched his neck.’;
Archverb
To form into an arch; to curve.
Archadjective
Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
‘The most arch act of piteous massacre.’;
Archadjective
Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
‘[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.’;
Archnoun
a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
Archnoun
a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially arches of the feet)
Archnoun
a passageway under an arch
Archnoun
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
Archverb
form an arch or curve;
‘her back arches’; ‘her hips curve nicely’;
Archadjective
(of persons) highest in rank or authority or office;
‘his arch rival’;
Archadjective
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Archadjective
expert in skulduggery;
‘an arch criminal’;
Arch
An arch is a vertical curved structure that spans an elevated space and may or may not support the weight above it, or in case of a horizontal arch like an arch dam, the hydrostatic pressure against it. Arches may be synonymous with vaults, but a vault may be distinguished as a continuous arch forming a roof.
