circumflex
noun
[ ˈsəːkəmflɛks ]
• a mark (^) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or a particular quality.
circumflex
adjective
• bending round something else; curved.
• "circumflex coronary arteries"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin circumflexus (from circum ‘around, about’ + flectere ‘to bend’), translating Greek perispōmenos ‘drawn around’.
