'Circumflex' definitions:
Definition of 'circumflex'
(from WordNet)
noun
A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
Definition of 'Circumflex'
From: GCIDE
- Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, n. [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. --Walker. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Circumflex'
From: GCIDE
- Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Circumflex'
From: GCIDE
- Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]