Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - reflex
Reflex
reflex
adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of an action) independent of the will, as an automatic response to the stimulation of a nerve (e.g. a sneeze). 2 (of an angle) exceeding 180°. 3 bent backwards. 4 (of light) reflected. 5 (of a thought etc.) introspective; directed back upon itself or its own operations. 6 (of an effect or influence) reactive; coming back upon its author or source. --n. 1 a reflex action. 2 a sign or secondary manifestation (law is a reflex of public opinion). 3 reflected light or a reflected image. 4 a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language. Phrases and idioms reflex arc Anat. the sequence of nerves involved in a reflex action. reflex camera a camera with a ground-glass focusing screen on which the image is formed by a combination of lens and mirror, enabling the scene to be correctly composed and focused. Derivatives reflexly adv. Etymology: L reflexus (as REFLECT)
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I. noun Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of reflectere to reflect Date: 1508 1. reflected heat, light, or color, a mirrored image, a copy exact in essential or peculiar features, 2. an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to a nerve center and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness, the process that culminates in a ~ and comprises reception, transmission, and reaction, the power of acting or responding with adequate speed, a way of thinking or behaving, a linguistic element (as a word or sound) or system (as writing) that is derived from a prior and especially an older element or system , II. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us Date: 1649 directed back on the mind or its operations ; introspective, ~ed, produced or carried out in reaction, resistance, or return, being between 180° and 360°, of, relating to, or produced by a ~ without intervention of consciousness, ~ly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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