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OGIVE [6 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

One of a periodically repeated series of dark, curved structures occurring down a glacier that resemble a pointed arch.

OBS

They may be ridges and swales in the ice or bands of darker or lighter ice. One theory of their formation suggests that the ice is stretched and sometimes dirtied when exposed in the icefall during the high velocities of summer; it is compressed during the winter so that bands of different ice thickness form.

PHR

Glacier ogive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Figuration à la surface de la langue glaciaire, sous forme de lignes paraboliques à convexité tournée vers l'aval, des couches de glace de qualité et de teinte différentes résultant de la «foliation» primitive du névé [...]

PHR

Ogive glaciaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Mathematics
DEF

an S-shaped graphic representation of a cumulative frequency distribution, the frequencies being expressed in terms of either the percentages or the actual numbers of observations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Représentation graphique du pourcentage des cas correspondant aux valeurs successives d'une variable.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
OBS

En el método de identificación por medio de huellas dactilares, se trata de la representación gráfica de series integrales.

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Record 4 1999-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

An arch produced by two curves (usually circular curves with a radius equal to the span) meeting in a point at the top ... Its use in Gothic cathedrals greatly contributed to the lightness of their structure.

OBS

Ogive: ... the term is sometimes loosely applied to any pointed arch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

Arc brisé à deux segments, dans lequel peut s'inscrire un triangle équilatéral : le centre de chaque segment est placé à la naissance de l'autre; leur rayon est égal à la portée.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Architecture
DEF

In architecture, a diagonal rib crossing a Gothic vault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture civile
DEF

Arc diagonal constitutif de la voûte gothique.

DEF

Arc diagonal, nervure saillante et de renfort, en général en plein cintre, dans la voûte gothique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1999-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

A cumulative frequency curve is obtained by plotting a distribution cumulated either upward ..., or downward ...

OBS

Not all distribution curves have the ogive form. It is therefore better to avoid the term or to confine it to the normal or nearly-normal case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
CONT

La courbe cumulative est la représentation graphique des effectifs ou des fréquences cumulées [d'une distribution].

Spanish

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