Definition 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.