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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere;
[syn: nose cone, ogive]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ogive \O"give\, n. [F. ogive, OF. augive a pointed arch, LL. augiva a double arch of two at right angles.] (Arch.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ogive n 1: front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere [syn: nose cone, ogive]