a. | 1. | Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. | ||||||
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.
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n. | 1. | Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. | ||||||
2. | (Physiol.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
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v. t. | 1. | To reflect. | ||||||
2. | To bend back; to turn back. |
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Adj. | 1. | reflex - without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" |