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Definition reflex

Etymology

From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”). Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”.

Noun

reflex (plural reflexes)

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

Adjective

reflex (comparative more reflex, superlative most reflex)

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

Verb

reflex (third-person singular simple present reflexes, present participle reflexing, simple past and past participle reflexed)

1. (transitive) To bend, turn back or reflect.
2. To respond to a stimulus.

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