Lexic.us

Definition of Circumflex

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

Definition of Circumflex

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

2. v. t. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

3. a. Moving or turning round; circuitous.

Definition of Circumflex

1. Noun. (orthography) A diacritical mark: ?(l mul ˆ)? placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants in Esperanto to create additional letters. ¹

2. Adjective. Having this mark. ¹

3. Adjective. Curving around ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Circumflex

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Circumflex

1. Describing an arc of a circle or that which winds around something; denotes several anatomical structures: arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles. Origin: circum-+ L. Flexus, to bend (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Circumflex

Literary usage of Circumflex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The superficial iliac circumflex artery (a. circumflexa ilium superficialis), the smallest of the cutaneous branches, arises close to the preceding, and, ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The Deep circumflex Iliac Veins.—Two veins accompany the deep circumflex iliac artery. These unite into a single trunk which crosses the external iliac ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"50, the anastomosing branches are described in three sets. An anterior net. 1. A very large branch from the ilio-lumbar artery to the circumflex iliac; 2. ..."

4. The Dublin dissector or Manual of anatomy by Robert Harrison (1854)
"The internal circumflex artery arises sometimes below, sometimes above the ... with the external circumflex and sciatic arteries; the first or superior ..."

5. The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice by Ebenezer Porter (1833)
"circumflex, RULE XII. The circumflex occurs chiefly where the language is ... The contrast suggested by the circumflex here is; though he would take no ..."

6. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"Why should some long syllables be marked with an acute, while others have a circumflex ? «cute and cir- Why Zevs but Zew? Why -n^ but C ri/j.fj<; ? ..."

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