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Circumflexion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See circumflection.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • noun. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.
  • noun. A winding about; a turning or fold.
  • Word Usage
    "Lateral dislocations may be reduced by circumflexion or excalcitration, or by extension (but this is most applicable in dislocation backward), but also by moderate extension."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    circuity  fold  turning