Ogee

Quick meaning: Ogee is a noun meaning (architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.

Meaning

(architecture) A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.

More Meanings

1. (architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees.
2. (mathematics) An inflection point.
3. (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
4. (distillation) 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 Sentences

In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...].

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.

Word Forms

• ogees

Synonyms for ogee

Depending on context, synonyms include cyma, ogive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cyma, molding, spillway, accolade, doucine, oculus.

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