CIRCUMFLEX

circumflex

(noun) a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

circumflex (plural circumflexes)

(orthography) a diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants in Esperanto to create additional letters

Adjective

circumflex

having a circumflex mark

curving around

Verb

circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)

to mark or pronounce with a circumflex

Source: Wiktionary

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Cir"cum*flex, n. Etym: [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.]

1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. Walker.

2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or Accent, n., 2.

Cir"cum*flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.]

Definition: To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

Cir"cum*flex, a. Etym: [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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