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(), 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. Cir"cumflex v. t.[imp. & p. p.Circumflexed (); p. pr. & vb. n.Circumflexing ().] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker. Cir"cumflex 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. スポンサード リンク
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