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Meaning Of Circumflex
n.
A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a
fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
n.
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.
v. t.
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
a.
Moving or turning round; circuitous.
a.
Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of
the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and
to other parts.