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    An ogive is a rounded tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. In engineering, an ogive is commonly used as a streamlined nose for bullets or projectiles. There are several types of ogives used in different applications, including secant, tangent/spitzer, and elliptical ogives for bullets as well as more complex ogives for missiles. In architecture, pointed ogives were a defining characteristic of Gothic architecture and were inspired by pre-Islamic architecture in the Near East.

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    An ogive is a rounded tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. In engineering, an ogive is commonly used as a streamlined nose for bullets or projectiles. There are several types of ogives used in different applications, including secant, tangent/spitzer, and elliptical ogives for bullets as well as more complex ogives for missiles. In architecture, pointed ogives were a defining characteristic of Gothic architecture and were inspired by pre-Islamic architecture in the Near East.

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    An ogive is a rounded tapered end of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional object. In engineering, an ogive is commonly used as a streamlined nose for bullets or projectiles. There are several types of ogives used in different applications, including secant, tangent/spitzer, and elliptical ogives for bullets as well as more complex ogives for missiles. In architecture, pointed ogives were a defining characteristic of Gothic architecture and were inspired by pre-Islamic architecture in the Near East.

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    A secant ogive of sharpness


    The ogive shape of the Space Shuttle External Tank

    Ogive on a 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge

    An ogive (/ˈoʊdʒaɪv/ OH-jyve) is the


    roundly tapered end of a two-dimensional
    or three-dimensional object. Ogive curves
    and surfaces are used in engineering,
    architecture and woodworking.

    Etymology
    The earliest use of the word ogive is found
    in the 13th century sketchbook of Villard
    de Honnecourt, from Picardy in northern
    France. The OED considers the French
    term's origin obscure; it might come from
    the Late Latin obviata, the feminine perfect
    passive participle of obviare, meaning the
    one who has met or encountered the
    other.[1] However, Merriam-Webster's
    dictionary says it is from the "Middle
    English oggif stone comprising an arch,
    from Middle French augive, ogive diagonal
    arch".[2]

    Types and use in applied


    physical science and
    engineering
    In ballistics or aerodynamics, an ogive is a
    pointed, curved surface mainly used to
    form the approximately streamlined nose
    of a bullet or other projectile, reducing air
    resistance or the drag of air. In fact the
    French word ogive can be translated as
    "nose cone" or "warhead".

    The traditional or secant ogive is a surface


    of revolution of the same curve that forms
    a Gothic arch; that is, a circular arc, of
    greater radius than the diameter of the
    cylindrical section ("shank"), is drawn from
    the edge of the shank until it intercepts the
    axis.
    If this arc is drawn so that it meets the
    shank at zero angle (that is, the distance
    of the centre of the arc from the axis, plus
    the radius of the shank, equals the radius
    of the arc), then it is called a tangent or
    spitzer ogive. This is a very common ogive
    for high velocity (supersonic) rifle bullets.

    The sharpness of this ogive is expressed


    by the ratio of its radius to the diameter of
    the cylinder; a value of one half being a
    hemispherical dome, and larger values
    being progressively more pointed. Values
    of 4 to 10 are commonly used in rifles,
    with 6 being the most common.
    Another common ogive for bullets is the
    elliptical ogive. This is a curve very similar
    to the spitzer ogive, except that the
    circular arc is replaced by an ellipse
    defined in such a way that it meets the
    axis at exactly 90°. This gives a somewhat
    rounded nose regardless of the sharpness
    ratio. An elliptical ogive is normally
    described in terms of the ratio of the
    length of the ogive to the diameter of the
    shank. A ratio of one half would be, once
    again, a hemisphere. Values close to 1 are
    common in practice. Elliptical ogives are
    mainly used in pistol bullets.
    Missiles and aircraft generally have much
    more complex ogives, such as the von
    Kármán ogive.

    Architecture

    The ogival tomb of Payava, a Lycian aristocrat, about


    375–360 BC, from Xanthos, British Museum.
    pointed arches used in 4th century AD Buddhist
    trivikrama temple, Ter, Maharashtra

    Ogival curves in the ribs of Gothic vaulting

    One of the defining characteristics of


    Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival
    arch. As an architectonic principle, pointed
    arch is completely alien to pre-islamic
    world.[3] However arches resembling the
    shape similar to pointed arches have been
    used in Buddhist architecture since
    ancient times, The 1st century AD
    Buddhist complex of Takht-e-bahi
    prominently features many corbeled
    pointed arches which are shaped as lotus
    leaves. An ancient 4th century Buddhist
    brick chaytiya temple of trivikrama temple
    maharashtra also exhibits pointed arches.
    Arches of this type were used in the Near
    East in pre-Islamic[4] as well as Islamic
    architecture before they were employed
    structurally in medieval architecture, and
    are thought to have been the inspiration
    for their use in Sicily and France; as at
    ISBN 9781351942584.
    4. Warren, John (1991). "Creswell's Use of
    the Theory of Dating by the Acuteness of
    the Pointed Arches in Early Muslim
    Architecture". Muqarnas. 8. pp. 59–65.
    5. Banister Fletcher, A History of
    Architecture on the Comparative Method.

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