ogive

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (feminine) diagonal rib, ogive
2. (feminine) nose cone, warhead (of missile)

Adj

feminine singular of ogif

ogif

ogival

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Concetti

ogiva

testata

costolone

sinonimi

fret

pointe de fusée-sonde

Traduzioni

ogive

warhead

Ogive

ogiva

ojiva

ogiva

nose cone

load

payload

Sprengkopf

Spitzbogen

οβίδα

Gefechtskopf

cap explosiu

رأْس نسِيفة

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɔ.ʒiv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Vulgar Latin augīvus, from Latin augēre, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.