(亦作circumflex accent)
- a mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate contraction, length, or a particular quality（某些语言中附加在元音上表示缩约、音长或其他特性的）声调符号(ˆ)。
- Anatomy bending round something else; curved【剖】卷绕的; 弯曲的：
circumflex coronary arteries.
弯曲的冠状动脉。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin circumflexus （from circum 'around, about' + flectere 'to bend'）, translating Greek perispōmenos 'drawn around'.