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caret
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈkær.ət/ US /ˈker.ət/
the symbol ^ , found on a keyboard and used in marking text
a cursor on a screen that shows where text should be entered
caret 용례들
The circumflex, in fact, is actually a caret, or sign of omission, denoting an s that was once written in die word but that was no longer sounded.
The caret is also now used to indicate a superscript in typesetting.
circumflex
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈsɜː.kəm.fleks/ US /ˈsɝː.kəm.fleks/
circumflex noun [C] (IN WRITING)
a sign (^) over a letter, especially a vowel, that shows that it has a different pronunciation from the letter without a sign over it
circumflex noun [C] (IN THE BODY)
MEDICAL specialized
Circumflex nerves, arteries, or veins bend around an organ or body part.
circumflex 용례들
When a mechanical prosthesis is inserted, the size must not be overestimated, as this may lead to compression of the circumflex artery.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
The right, left anterior descending, and circumflex arteries were smaller than control values before the operation.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
circumflex (n.)
What is the origin of the word circumflex?
"sign or mark placed over certain vowels to indicate accent or tone," 1570s, from Latin (accentus) circumflexus, "bent around," past participle of circumflectere "to bend around," of a charioteer, "turn around," from circum "around" (see circum-), + flectere "to bend" (see flexible).
Used as a loan-translation of Greek (prosodia) perispomenos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), literally "drawn-around," with reference to the shape. The tone is recognized in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit; in the first two it is limited to "long" vowels. "In modern English use the mark has no definite value, but is variously used by orthoepists or phonetists to mark long quantity, 'broad' quality, or the like" [OED].