reflex

reflex
I. noun Etymology: Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere to reflect Date: 1508 1. a. archaic reflected heat, light, or color b. a mirrored image c. a copy exact in essential or peculiar features 2. a. an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to a nerve center and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness — compare habit 7 b. the process that culminates in a reflex and comprises reception, transmission, and reaction — called also reflex action c. plural the power of acting or responding with adequate speed d. a way of thinking or behaving 3. a linguistic element (as a word or sound) or system (as writing) that is derived from a prior and especially an older element or system <
boat is the reflex of Old English bāt
> II. adjective Etymology: Latin reflexus Date: 1649 1. directed back on the mind or its operations ; introspective 2. reflexed 3. produced or carried out in reaction, resistance, or return 4. of an angle being between 180° and 360° 5. of, relating to, or produced by a reflex without intervention of consciousness • reflexly adverb

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  • reflex — [ reflɛks ] adj. et n. m. • 1922; mot angl. ♦ Se dit d un appareil de photo où la visée s effectue par un objectif (si c est le même objectif que pour la prise de vue, l image est renvoyée par un système de prismes). Appareil reflex. N. m. Des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reflex — REFLÉX, Ă, reflecşi, xe, adj., s.n. I. adj. (fiziol.; despre acte sau mişcări ale organismului) Produs în mod spontan, independent de voinţă. ♢ Act reflex (şi substantivat, n.) = reacţie bruscă şi automată a organismului animal sau uman la o… …   Dicționar Român

  • ReFLEX — is a wireless protocol developed by Motorola which is used for two way paging. The Motorola PageWriter released in 1996 was one of the first devices to use the ReFLEX network protocol.VersionsReFLEX is based on the one way FLEX protocol and… …   Wikipedia

  • Reflex — Reflex, Renting Abierto Saltar a navegación, búsqueda …   Wikipedia Español

  • Reflex — Re flex (r? fl?ks; formerly r?*fl?ks ), n. [L. reflexus a bending back. See {Reflect}.] 1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. [1913 Webster] Yon gray is not the morning s eye, Tis but the pale reflex of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reflex — Re flex (r? fl?ks), a. [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F. r[ e]flexe. See {Reflect}.] 1. Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. [1913 Webster] The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reflex — [rē′fleks΄; ] for v., also [ ri fleks′] n. [< L reflexus, reflected, pp. of reflectere: see REFLECT] 1. a) reflection, as of light b) light or color resulting from reflection 2. a reflected image, likeness, or reproduction 3 …   English World dictionary

  • reflex — (n.) c.1500, reflection of light, from the verb meaning refract, deflect (late 14c.), from L.L. reflexus a bending back, properly pp. of reflectere (see REFLECTION (Cf. reflection)). Meaning involuntary nerve stimulation first recorded 1877, from …   Etymology dictionary

  • réflex — (Del ingl. reflex). 1. adj. Dicho de una cámara fotográfica: Que tiene un visor para ver la misma imagen que saldrá en la fotografía. 2. f. Cámara fotográfica con este tipo de visor …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • reflex — ► NOUN 1) an action performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus. 2) a thing that reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else. 3) archaic a reflected source of light. ► ADJECTIVE 1) performed as a reflex.… …   English terms dictionary

  • Reflex — Re*flex (r?*fl?ks ), v. t. [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere. See {Reflect}.] 1. To reflect. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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