Word Meaning

circumflex definition and meaning

n. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
n. 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.
v. t. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
a. Moving or turning round; circuitous.
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.