See Also: CIRCUMFLEX(medicine)
circumflex(2)(dictionary)
circumflex(1)(dictionary)
Circumflex(health)
circumflex(dictionary)
circumflex veins(medicine)
circumflex nerve(medicine)
circumflex fibular artery(medicine)
circumflex scapular artery(medicine)
circumflex iliac arteries(medicine)

circumflex(1) (iou)



circumflex adjective & noun. L16.
[Latin circumflexus pa. pple of circumflectere, formed as CIRCUM- + flectere to bend, translating Greek perispomenos drawn around.]
A. adjective.
Grammar. Designating an angular or curved accent-mark (&nfcirc;, &nffrown;, or ) placed over a vowel in some languages (orig. Greek) to indicate rising and falling tone, contraction, length, or special quality (of the vowel or of an adjacent consonant). L16.
Bent, bending round. Now rare in gen. sense. E18.
Anatomy. Curved; bent round another part; spec. designating a nerve and artery of the upper arm. M19.
b. noun.
A circumflex accent-mark. E17.
Bending round, winding. E17-L18.
A curved line, ( or {, bracketing two or more lines of writing etc. rare. E19.