Australian English Meaning of circumflex

circumflex

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Definitions and Meaning of circumflex in English

Wordnet

circumflex (n)

a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality

Webster

circumflex (n.)

A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.

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.

Webster

circumflex (v. t.)

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

Webster

circumflex (a.)

Moving or turning round; circuitous.

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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circumflex

a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic qualityA wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall

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circumflection => Circumflex, circumflecting => circumflex, circumflected => circumflex, circumflect => circumflex, circumflant => circumambient,