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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Circumflex

· Cir·cum·flex · IPA /ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/
01 n. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
  1. 1.
    A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
  2. 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 ˆ]. See Accent, n., 2. See: Accent
02 v. t. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing
  1. 1.
    To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
03 a. Moving or turning round; circuitous.
  1. 1.
    Moving or turning round; circuitous.[R.]
  2. 2.
    Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.(Anat.)