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circumflex

[ UK /sˈɜːkəmflˌɛks/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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.
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