Original sentence: ; it might come from the Late Latin obvita, the feminine past participle of obviare, to resist, i.The sharpness of this ogive is expressed by the ratio of its radius to the diameter of the cylinder; a value of one half being a.Values close to 1 are common.hemispherical dome, and larger values being progressively more pointed.in practice
Edited sentence: ; it might come from the Late Latin obviata, the feminine perfect passive participle of obviare, to resist, i.The sharpness of this ogive is expressed by the ratio of its radius to the diameter of the cylinder; a value of one half being a hemispherical dome, and larger values being progressively more pointed.Values close to 1 are common in practice