Reflex

Quick meaning: Reflex is a noun meaning An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

Meaning

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

More Meanings

1. (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
2. (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
3. The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
4. Bent, turned back or reflected.
5. Produced automatically by a stimulus.
6. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
7. (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

Example Sentences

The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼

On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face.

Yon gray is not the morning’s eye, ’Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow.

Lucy is sleeping soundly; the reflex of the dawn is high and far over the sea[.]

Word Forms

• reflexes
• reflexing
• reflexed

Synonyms for reflex

Depending on context, synonyms include re-entrant, reflexive, automatic.

Antonyms for reflex

Common opposites include etymon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reflexive, automatic, involuntary, instinct, habit, reaction.

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