ogee

Noun

ogee

1. (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape
2. (architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees

4 letters in word "ogee": E E G O.

No anagrams for ogee found in this word list.

Words found within ogee:

ee ego gee geo go goe oe

• Definitions:
• A reverse curve, shaped like an elongated letter S. The downstream faces of overflow dams are often made to this shape. (From the French word Ogive).
• A double curve, usually used to describe an arch or a moulding. Plural oggez
• a double curve with the shape of an elongated "S"
• an S-shaped curve, particularly of an arch
• A molding in the form of a reversed curve; that is, having a profile in the form of the letter S. An ogee is often used at the junction of two portions of a gun tube with differing diameters, or it may be used with a ring as a fillet is used with an astragal.
• A double curve bending first one way and then the other. An ‘ogee arch’ has two curves meeting at an apex.
• An S-curve or inverted S-curve; the term is used to describe the shape of an arch, a moulding, etc.
• A decorative molding profile with aS shape, generally used for edge forming applications.
• a moulding formed by the combination of a round and a hollow, part being concave and part being convex. Ogees are extensively used in classical architecture with the convex part always placed upwards.
• This cutting profile term has architectural origins. It is a moulding having two curves which impart a wave like profile formed by one convex and one concave curve.
• A decorative molding characterized by a double S-shaped elongated curve.
• A design where one part is concave and the other is convex, giving an s-shape outline, normally used to describe the mouldings or the feet of pieces.
• Having an “S”-shaped or reverse-curve profile; the “ogee” arch was pointed with an “ogee” curve on each side and was prominent in Gothic architecture. 1 : a molding with an S-shaped profile. 2 : a pointed arch having on each side a reversed curve near the apex.
• A double curved molding, convex above, concave below.
• A pinched arch that comes to a more pronounced point than the standard Gothic arch.
• Often found on the (bracket) feet of Georgian furniture, this is a double-curved Gothic moulding of architectural origins, consisting of a convex arc above a concave arc, creating a wave-like profile.
• a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below
• Ogee is a shape consisting of a arc flowing into a arc, so forming an S-shaped curve with vertical ends.

• ogdoads ←
• ogdoad ←
• ogams ←
• ogee
• → ogees
• → oggin
• → oggins