Definition of Circumflex. Meaning of Circumflex. Synonyms of Circumflex

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Circumflex. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Circumflex and, of course, Circumflex synonyms and on the right images related to the word Circumflex.

Definition of Circumflex

Circumflex
Circumflex Cir"cum*flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker.
Circumflex
Circumflex 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.
Circumflex
Circumflex 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.

Meaning of Circumflex from wikipedia

- [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. The cir****flex (◌̂) is a diacritic in the Latin and Gr**** scripts that is also used in...
- Caret is the name used familiarly for the character ^ (the cir****flex and a cir****flex accent) provided on most QWERTY keyboards by typing ⇧ Shift+6...
- The cir****flex branch of left coronary artery (also known as the left cir****flex artery or cir****flex artery[citation needed]) is a branch of the left...
- The cir****flex (ˆ) is one of the five diacritics used in French orthography. It may appear on the vowels a, e, i, o, and u, for example â in pâté. The...
- Â, â (a-cir****flex) is a letter of the Inari Sami, Skolt Sami, Romanian, Vietnamese and Mizo alphabets. This letter also appears in French, Friulian, Frisian...
- Cir****flex artery may refer to: Anterior humeral cir****flex artery Cir****flex branch of left coronary artery Cir****flex fibular artery Cir****flex sca****r...
- an adjective. Some diacritics, such as the acute ⟨á⟩, grave ⟨à⟩, and cir****flex ⟨â⟩ (all shown above an 'a'), are often called accents. Diacritics may...
- Î, î (i-cir****flex) is a letter in the Friulian, Kurdish, Tupi, Persian Rumi, and Romanian alphabets and phonetic Filipino. This letter also appears in...
- Ye with Cir****flex (Е̂ е̂; italics: Е̂ е̂) is a letter in the Cyrillic Script, which represents the Cyrillic letter Ye (Е е) with a cir****flex accent....
- Û, û (u-cir****flex) is a letter of the Latin script. This letter is used in some standards of Cyrillic transliteration as the letter Ю: GOST 16876-71 table...