ogee

Noun

ogee (plural ogees)

1. A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.
   • 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.1905, Charles Herbert Moore, “Chapter 13”, in Character of Renaissance Architecture
   • 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.1910, Francis Bond, “Chapter 3”, in Wood Carvings in English Churches

   Synonyms:

   cyma

2. A pointed arch made from two ogees.

   Synonyms:

   ogive

3. An inflection point.
4. (aesthetic facial surgery) The malar or cheekbone prominence transitioning into the mid-cheek hollow.
5. (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.