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Circumflex   Listen
Circumflex

noun
1.
A diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality.



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"Circumflex" Quotes from Famous Books



... per second. If the rate of approach between the ear and the bell were constant, the pitch of the bell would be heard at 212 waves per second. But suddenly the ear passes the bell, hears the pitch stop rising and begin to fall; and the tone drops 12 waves per second as it had risen. Such a circumflex is an excellent example of the bearing of wavelengths and ...
— Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 - A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. • Kempster Miller


Words linked to "Circumflex" :   diacritical mark, diacritic


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