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Reflex

noun
Word Frequency: 7.5

Definitions

1.nounAn automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
2.nounThe descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
3.nounThe descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
4.nounReflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
5.verbTo bend, turn back or reflect.
6.verbTo respond to a stimulus.
7.adjectiveBent, turned back or reflected.
8.adjectiveProduced automatically by a stimulus.
9.adjective(of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
10.adjectiveIlluminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.

Synonyms

re-entrantreflexiveautomaticinvoluntaryphysiological reactioninstincthabitreactionformativeresponsecompensatoryknee-jerk

Rhymes With

knee flex
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