Look up: circumflex

1. circumflex
   [n] - a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
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2. Circumflex
   Circumflex: Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example, the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery. In linguistics, a circumflex is a caret-shaped mark (^) used over a vowel to indicate the pronunciation, length or the omission of...
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3. Circumflex
   Cir'cum·flex noun [ Latin circumflexus a bending round, from circumflectere , circumflexum , to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible .] 1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and ...
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4. Circumflex
   Cir'cum·flex transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Circumflexed ; present participle & verbal noun Circumflexing .] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.
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5. Circumflex
   Cir'cum·flex adjective [ Confer Latin circumflexus , past participle ] 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [ R.] Swift. 2. (Anat.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arter...
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6. circumflex
   Describing an arc of a circle or that which winds around something; denotes several anatomical structures: arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles. ... Origin: circum-+ L. Flexus, to bend ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. circumflex
   noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
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8. circumflex
   (sur´kәm-fleks) curved like a bow.
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9. Circumflex
   • (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts. • (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous. • (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syl...
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10. circumflex
    circumflex (s), circumflexes (pl) 1. A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality. 2. In some languages, a mark (^) placed above a letter to indicate a specific pronunciation, usually different from that of the unaccented letter, or a contraction. Circumflexes may be written over vowels as...
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11. circumflex
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ser′kŭm-fleks Definitions: 1. Describing an arc of a circle or that which winds around something; denotes several anatomic structures: arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles.
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12. circumflex
    verb and adjective, Latin circum = around, and flexere = to bend, hence, bend or bent around.
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13. Circumflex
    The `circumflex` ( `ˆ` ) is a diacritic used in the written forms of many languages, and is also commonly used in various romanization and transcription schemes. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus (bent around)—a translation of the Greek περιÏ...
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