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ogee

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5
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6
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4
Pronunciation
/oʊˈd͡ʒiː/
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/oʊˈd͡ʒiː/ · /ˈoʊd͡ʒiː/ · /əʊˈd͡ʒiː/ · /ˈəʊd͡ʒiː/

Definition of ogee

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
    “At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials.”
    “There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves.”
    “In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...].”
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noun

  1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
    “At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials.”
    “There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves.”
    “In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...].”
  2. A pointed arch made from two ogees.
  3. An inflection point.
  4. The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
  5. The bubble-shaped chamber of a pot still that connects the swan neck to the pot and allows distillate to expand, condense, and fall back into the pot.

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Etymology

From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Italian and Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive.

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