Circumflex

n. [Lat. circumflexus, a bending round, p. p. of circumflectere, from circum, around, and flectere, to bend.]

1Sense 1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall on the same syllable. Walker.

2Sense 2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and fall 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 [^].

v. t. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

a. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [Rare.] Swift.