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