Ogee
//oʊˈd͡ʒiː// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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."
- 2 a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below wordnet
- 3 A pointed arch made from two ogees.
- 4 An inflection point.
- 5 The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
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- 6 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.
Example
More examples"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."
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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