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noun

Reflex n.

1.

Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. "Yon gray is not the morning's eye, 'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow." "On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face."

2.

(Physiol.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.

Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

adjective

Reflex adj.

1.

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. "The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions."

2.

Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.

3.

(Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.

Reflex action (Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells.

Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory.

verb

Reflex v. t.

1.

To reflect. (Obs.)

2.

To bend back; to turn back.

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Etymology of 'Reflex'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Reflex" Quotes from Famous Books

... fall to fetch fresh light from her rich eyes, Her bright brow drives the sun to clouds beneath, Her hairs' reflex with red streaks paint the skies, Sweet morn and evening dew ...

— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various

... positif declaration, which reflex honor on her ladyship (long life to her! I've often waited behind her chair!)—after this positif declaration, that, even for the porpus of DEFENDING her missis, she was so hi-minded as to refuse anythink like a peculiarly consideration, it is actially asserted in the public ...

— Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush - The Yellowplush Papers • William Makepeace Thackeray

... iniquity, come off from the pollutions of the world, and for a season rejoice in the world and be pleased with the light thereof. But we may consider, that this may be, not for that a sound work of God hath passed upon these powers of the soul, but that rather this was by reason of those reflex acts, that the understanding now enlightened, the judgment now informed, and the conscience now convinced, had upon these other powers of the soul. And I the rather think it so, because willingness, ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... the singing of old folk tunes, as taught in the elementary schools, are of great value. There is a grace and poetry of movement about some of the children thus taught, which is engaging in the extreme. Nor can this be without its reflex action upon the mind of the child. When taught to move easily and to express fluently in pose and gesture, the child will have acquired some tendency towards a corresponding facility of expression ...

— Spirit and Music • H. Ernest Hunt

... know are so constituted that they suspect the existence of a snake under every blade of grass. It is not a happy disposition either for the person who is possessed with this idiosyncrasy, or in its reflex action upon others. True charity thinketh no evil. It is far better to be over sanguine in our charitable estimate of other men's motives, even if we do sometimes ultimately find that our estimate was wrong, than to be constantly living in an atmosphere of suspicion. ...

— Churchwardens' Manual - their duties, powers, rights, and privilages • George Henry

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