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Meaning of "circumflex" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIRCUMFLEX

From Latin circumflexus, from circumflectere to bend around, from circum- + flectere to bend.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CIRCUMFLEX

circumflex  [ˈsɜːkəmˌflɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIRCUMFLEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Circumflex can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CIRCUMFLEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Circumflex

The circumflex is a diacritic in the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts that is used in the written forms of many languages and in various romanization and transcription schemes. It received its English name from Latin circumflexus ‘bent around’ – a translation of the Greek περισπωμένη. The circumflex in the Latin script is chevron-shaped, while the Greek circumflex may be displayed either like a tilde or like an inverted breve. In English the circumflex, like other diacritics, is sometimes retained on loanwords that used it in the original language. The diacritic is also used in mathematics, where it is typically called a hat or roof or house.

Definition of circumflex in the English dictionary

The definition of circumflex in the dictionary is a mark placed over a vowel to show that it is pronounced with rising and falling pitch, as in ancient Greek, as a long vowel rather than a short one, as in French, or with some other different quality. Other definition of circumflex is bending or curving around.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIRCUMFLEX


Cineplex
ˈsɪnɪˌplɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
deflex
dɪˈflɛks
duplex
ˈdjuːplɛks
flex
flɛks
fourplex
ˈfɔːplɛks
ilex
ˈaɪlɛks
lex
lɛks
megaplex
ˈmɛɡəˌplɛks
multiplex
ˈmʌltɪˌplɛks
perplex
pəˈplɛks
pollex
ˈpɒlɛks
reflex
ˈriːflɛks
retroflex
ˈrɛtrəʊˌflɛks
silex
ˈsaɪlɛks
simplex
ˈsɪmplɛks
suplex
ˈsuːplɛks
telex
ˈtɛlɛks
triplex
ˈtrɪplɛks
ulex
ˈjuːlɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIRCUMFLEX

circumduce
circumduct
circumduction
circumductory
circumference
circumferential
circumferentially
circumferentially challenged
circumferentor
circumflect
circumflexion
circumfluence
circumfluent
circumfluous
circumforanean
circumforaneous
circumfuse
circumfusile
circumfusion
circumgyrate

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIRCUMFLEX

apartment complex
B complex
Babinski reflex
cinema complex
conditioned reflex
dorsiflex
herpes simplex
immune complex
knee reflex
leisure complex
metroplex
military-industrial complex
patellar reflex
plex
rooting reflex
shopping complex
single-lens reflex
time-division multiplex
twin-lens reflex
unconditioned reflex

Synonyms and antonyms of circumflex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «circumflex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIRCUMFLEX

Find out the translation of circumflex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of circumflex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «circumflex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抑扬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

circunfleja
570 millions of speakers

English

circumflex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिवेष्टक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنعطف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

огибающая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

circunflexo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরিত উচ্চারণচিহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

circonflexe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Circumflex
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zirkumflex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

曲折アクセント記号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곡절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Circumflex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu mu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளைவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वरितचिन्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inceltme işareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

circonflesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okalającej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

огинає
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

circumflex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περισπωμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kappie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cirkumflex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cirkumfleks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of circumflex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMFLEX»

The term «circumflex» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIRCUMFLEX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «circumflex» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «circumflex» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about circumflex

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCUMFLEX»

Discover the use of circumflex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to circumflex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopdia Medicl Imaging
*CORONARY ARTERY", FIGS 1 - 8. circumflex femoral artery, ascending branch of lateral, branch of the LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL ARTERY" which passes lateral to the hip joint and anastomoses with ihe SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ...
Holger Pettersson, David J. Allison, Hans Ringertz, 1999
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Slavic Prosody: Language Change and Phonological Theory
del. have in the past heen grouped with Cakavian krava "cow." krav. delo "act." del and Slovene lipa "linden." lip. dtlo "act." de.l as examples of neo-circumflex ( e.g.. Lamprecht 1987: 146ff.) with the expected short reflexes of the circumflex in  ...
Christina Y. Bethin, 1998
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Germanic Accentology
I will return to this statement in the section on diachrony. Words that underwent apocope and contraction usually differ from old monosyllables. There are two types of apocope signals: accentual and quantitative. The main of them is circumflex, ...
Anatoly Liberman, 1982
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The Adult Hip
Figure 2-14 The lateral circumflex artery primarily supplies the greater trochanter but does send anterior, intracapsular branches as well to the femoral head. During the first year of life the lateral circumflex branches supply a considerable ...
John J. Callaghan, Aaron G. Rosenberg, Harry E. Rubash, 2007
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Principles, Techniques and Applications in Microsurgery
lateral circumflex femoral artery sartorius'j femoral artery rectus femoris profundus femoris artery ' ig branch lateral circumflex femoris artery .g branch femoral artery lateral circumflex femoral artery 86.0% lateral circumflex femoral j artery ...
‎1986
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Technical Reference Manual for the Standardization of ...
P Roman capital letter D with circumflex below - 1E12 d Roman small letter d with circumflex below - 1E13 L Roman capital letter L with circumflex below - 1E3C 1 Roman small letter 1 with circumflex below - 1E3D N Roman capital letter N ...
‎2007
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General Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System (THIEME Atlas of ...
5.4 Arterial Supply to the Thigh Internal External iliac artery iliac artery Deep circumflex iliac artery Superficial epigastric artery Superficial circumflex iliac artery Piriformis Media circumflex femoral artery Medial circumflex femoral artery (deep, ...
Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, 2011
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Plastic Surgery: Lower Extremity, Trunk and Burns
Medial circumflex femoral artery Transverse branch ' r V Femora| emery of lateral circumflex \ l D . femoral artery \ ,- eep artery of thigh l First perforating artery Second perforating artery , ', Third perforating artery I \ Descending genicular artery ...
David H. Song, 2012
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Schematic anatomy
Ext. Circumflex *,Tho Deep Circumflex Iliac also joins directly some of the Asconding branches of the External Circumflex In this Anastomosis branches of the Internal and External Iliac and Profunda Fcmoris are associated Behind (and at back ...
William Pope Mears, 1882
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Human Anatomy
CIRCUMFLEX ARTERIES. The two succeeding branches of the axillary artery belong to the arm, and are called circumflex, from the manner in which they wind round the neck of the humerus. They are distinguished as anterior and posterior,  ...
Jones Quain, Richard Quain, William Sharpey, 1849

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIRCUMFLEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term circumflex is used in the context of the following news items.
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Local autos: Robbie Speed recuperating from health scare
"He had a 99 percent blockage of the circumflex artery (one of the main three arteries that supply blood to the heart)." Both Speed and his wife ... «Albany Times Union, Jun 15»
2
Seeing Paris on the arm of a sapeur extraordinaire
He had high cheekbones, a wide nose and a pencil moustache like the circumflex on my keyboard. Even with the sweat patches under his ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
3
Angionetics To Present At 2015 LD Micro Invitational Investor …
... the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCx), as reported in patients undergoing these procedures [Berman et ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
4
Wild-type microglia do not reverse pathology in mouse models of …
Circumflex (ˆ) symbols identify large NeuN staining cells that express MECP2 (NeuN+/MECP2+); downward-facing triangles mark microglia not ... «Nature.com, May 15»
5
Cardiovascular Systems Peripheral and Coronary Data Featured at …
... when treating lesions in the right coronary and circumflex arteries; On-site surgical back-up should be included as a clinical consideration; ... «MarketWatch, May 15»
6
Angionetics Presents at the 2015 American Society of Gene & Cell …
... the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCx), as reported in patients undergoing these procedures [Berman et ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
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Angionetics Presents At 2015 Annual Marcum MicroCap …
... the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and the left circumflex artery (LCx), as reported in patients undergoing these procedures [Berman et ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
8
When the heart aches
The left main artery gives off two major branches, the left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex. These two major branches on the ... «The News on Sunday, May 15»
9
Data Can Reveal Consumers' Emotional Impact from Ads
... such a hurry that she renders the circumflex over the ''o'' in 'Lancôme' as curved rather than pointed. ''Building the campaign around the idea ... «AdExchanger, May 15»
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9 typing tips every iPhone and iPad user should know
You can access a generous portion of accent marks—acute, grave, circumflex, and otherwise—by tapping and holding a letter key (like “a”). «Macworld, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Circumflex [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/circumflex>. Apr 2024 ».
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