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 Definitions of Reflex  [ɪˈflɛk tər]  

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Definition of 'Reflex' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) reflex
noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.

2.  reflex
occurring in reaction; responsive.

3.  reflex
cast back; reflected, as light or color.

4.  reflex
bent or turned back.

5. (n.) reflex
Also called reflex act. movement caused by a reflex response.

6.  reflex
Also called reflex action. the entire physiological process activating such movement.

7.  reflex
any automatic, unthinking, often habitual behavior or response.

8.  reflex
the reflected image of an object.

9.  reflex
a reproduction, as if in a mirror.

10.  reflex
a copy; adaptation.

11.  reflex
reflected light, color, etc.

12.  reflex
an element in a language, as a sound, that has developed from a corresponding element in an earlier form of the language: The(ō)in stone
is a reflex of Old English ā.

13. (v.t.) reflex
to subject to a reflex process.

14.  reflex
to bend, turn, or fold back.

Etymology:  (1500–10; < L reflexus, ptp. of reflectere to bend back; see reflect)

Definition of 'Reflex' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

2. (adj) automatic, reflex(a), reflexive
without volition or conscious control
"the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"


Definition of 'Reflex' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) reflex
a reaction of your muscles that you do not control
The doctor may test your reflexes.

2.  reflex
a quick reaction done without thinking
Fighter pilots have incredibly fast reflexes.


Definition of 'Reflex' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Reflex
directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective

2. (adj) Reflex
produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return

3. (adj) Reflex
of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness

4. (noun) Reflex
reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade

5. (noun) Reflex
an involuntary movement produced by reflex action

6. (verb) Reflex
to reflect

7. (verb) Reflex
to bend back; to turn back


Definition of 'Reflex' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Reflex
An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord.


Translation of 'Reflex' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an action which is) automatic or not intended
The doctor tapped the patient's knee in order to test his reflexes; a reflex action.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: refleks Arabic flag Arabic: رَد فِعْل تَلْقائي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: рефлекс
Brazilian flag Brazilian: reflexo Czech flag Czech: reflex German flag German: der Reflex, Reflex-...
Danish flag Danish: refleks; refleks- Greek flag Greek: αντανακλαστικό(ς) Spanish flag Spanish: reflejo
Estonian flag Estonian: refleks Farsi flag Farsi: عکس العمل؛ واکنش؛ باز تاب Finnish flag Finnish: refleksi
French flag French: réflexe Hebrew flag Hebrew: רִפלֶקס Hindi flag Hindi: सहज क्रिया
Croatian flag Croatian: refleks Hungarian flag Hungarian: reflex Indonesian flag Indonesian: refleks
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ósjálfrátt viðbragð Italian flag Italian: riflesso Japanese flag Japanese: 反射作用(の)
Korean flag Korean: 반사적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: refleksas Latvian flag Latvian: reflekss
Malay flag Malay: tindakan refleks, tindaka Dutch flag Dutch: reflex Norwegian flag Norwegian: refleksbevegelse
Polish flag Polish: odruch Persian flag Persian: عکس العمل؛ واکنش؛ باز تاب Pashto flag Pashto: عكس العمل غيرارادى تصوير،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: reflexo Romanian flag Romanian: reflex Russian flag Russian: рефлекс;рефлекторный
Slovak flag Slovak: reflex Slovenian flag Slovenian: refleks Serbian flag Serbian: refleks
Swedish flag Swedish: reflex[rörelse] Thai flag Thai: ปฏิกิริยาตอบกลับโดยอัตโนม Turkish flag Turkish: refleks
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 反射的(動作),本能的反應 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рефлекс; рефлекторний Urdu flag Urdu: فعل اضطراری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự phản xạ; sự phản ánh Chinese flag Chinese: 反应能力,反射作用反射,反射的

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