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The correct spelling is reflex.
How to pronounce reflex
noun
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The correct spelling is reflex. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- 2.The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- 3.The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- 4.Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
verb
- 1.To bend, turn back or reflect.
- 2.To respond to a stimulus.
adjective
- 1.Bent, turned back or reflected.
- 2.Produced automatically by a stimulus.
- 3.(of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
- 4.Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
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