Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, n. [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.]

[1913 Webster]

1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. --Walker. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.]

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]

[1913 Webster]

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.]

--Swift. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

circumflex

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing.]

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Circumflex \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Circumflex \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)