reflex

Plural: reflexes

Noun

• an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
• An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
• The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
• The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
• The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
• Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

Adjective Satellite

• without volition or conscious control
  • "a reflex knee jerk"
  • "sneezing is reflexive"

Adj

• Bent, turned back or reflected.
• Produced automatically by a stimulus.
• Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
• Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.

Verb

Verb Forms: reflexed, reflexing, reflexes

• To bend or turn back on itself.
• To bend back or turn back over itself.
• To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
• To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of.
• To cast (beams of light) on something.
• To respond to a stimulus.

Examples

• A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.
• His instinct was to reflex on his initial decision, but he stuck with it.

Synonyms

automatic, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex action, reflex response, reflexive, unconditioned reflex, derivative#Noun, re-entrant

Antonyms

etymon

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