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Ogive

noun
1.
Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.  Synonym: nose cone.





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"Ogive" Quotes from Famous Books



... did, we went on voyages of discovery, he in search of rare books, I in search of ruins. He would go into ecstasies over a Cymbalum Mound with margins, and I over a defaced portal. We had given each other a devil. He said to me: "You are possessed of the demon Ogive." "And you," I ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo


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