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Cir"cum*flex (?), n. [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.]
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1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. Walker.
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2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or &unr_;]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [&unr_; 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.]
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1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.
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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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