Sekirov Dictionary

reflex

/ˈɹiːflɛks/

noun 5
adjective 4
/ɹɪˈflɛks/ verb 5
forms 5

noun5

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
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A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
- A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.
The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
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The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others. — 1898
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(rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 — 2011

adjective4

Bent, turned back or reflected.
Produced automatically by a stimulus.
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Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
- A polygon is said to be convex when no one of its angles is reflex. — 1878
Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.

reflex

/ɹɪˈflɛks/

verb5

To bend back or turn back over itself.
To respond to a stimulus.
(no longer used) To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
(no longer used) To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of.
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(no longer used) To cast (beams of light) on something.
- The spring is hindered by your smoothering host, For neither rain can fall vpon the earth, Nor Sun reflexe his vertuous beames thereon. The ground is mantled with such multitudes. — 1587

forms

reflexed · reflexing · reflexes · more reflex · most reflex

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