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Meaning of 'circumflex' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Circumflex [ a.]
- Moving or turning round; circuitous.
- Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.
2 . Circumflex [ n.]
- A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
- 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.
3 . Circumflex [ v. t.]
- To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

Nearby Words:

circ circar circassian circean circensial circensian circinal circinate circination circle

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