About The Word Circumflex
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Circumflex
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What's The Definition Of Circumflex?
[n] a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
Synonyms | Synonyms for Circumflex: Related Terms | Find terms related to Circumflex: See Also | diacritic | diacritical mark Circumflex In Webster's Dictionary \Cir"cum*flex\, n. [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 ?];
and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and
contracted syllable, marked [? or ^]. See {Accent}, n., 2.
\Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflexing}.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. \Cir"cum*flex\, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.] 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] --Swift. 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. |
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