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Definition of Circumflex
Cir´cum`flex | n. | 1. | | | 1. | A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. | | 2. | A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or ]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2. | | v. t. | 1. | To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. | | a. | 1. | | | 1. | Moving or turning round; circuitous. | | 2. | (Anat.) Curved circularly; - applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts. |
Related Words
diacritic, diacritical mark
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