[
UK
/sˈɜːkəmflˌɛks/
]
NOUN
- a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
How To Use circumflex In A Sentence
- The external iliac vein is the main venous trunk of the pelvic limb and its branches are the medial circumflex femoral...
- He walked out as matter-of-coursely as if he had dropped in to ask the meaning of "circumflex," or who invented smallpox, or the name of Adam's house-cat, or how long it would take her to do a graduation essay for his daughter -- or any such little things that librarians are prepared for most days. The Rose-Garden Husband
- The modern French ‘notre dame’ does not carry a circumflex accent.
- Moreover, they write in full by diaeresis words which are circumflexed, for [Greek omitted], Essays and Miscellanies
- The accent circumflex can be applied to upper - and lower-case vowels. SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 614
- The left circumflex artery was 90% obstructed by a plaque at 2.8 cm from its origin.
- The bleeding from the circumflex, subscapular, and posterior scapular arteries can easily be arrested by a dossil of lint till the great vessel is tied, and they can be secured. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
- The 1740 edition of the dictionary of the Académie française altered the spelling of 36% of French words, chiefly replacing mute s by acute and circumflex accents.
- The left circumflex coronary artery showed severe calcific atherosclerosis.
- Some speakers would give these words the circumflex, but it would be the rising circumflex, so that the sound would still terminate with the rising inflection.