reflex

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

reflection

reflexive

reflex action

involuntary

reflect

automatic

reflected light

mirror

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reflexion

reaction

innate reflex

instinctive reflex

physiological reaction

reflex response

unconditioned reflex

gleam

reverberation

return

specular

reflected

inborn reflex

unintended

unintentional

image

moving

nonvoluntary

reactions

recurved

reflecting

reflectional

reflective

reflex camera

reluctant

replicate

response

reversion

traffic

turnback

unwilled

unwilling

unwitting

inverted image

refective

retroflection

motivation

unvoluntary

bent as a two bob

actuation

bowbent

ambulation

averse

bended

blink

catoptric

chemical reaction

echo

effect

gesture

glint

glisten

habit

inadvertent

introspective

involuntariness

jerk

loath

map

mapping

mirroring

motion

move

movement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːflɛks/

Etymology

Cognate with English: reflect

In summary

From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect.