reflex: Meaning and Definition of

re•flex

1. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
2. occurring in reaction; responsive.
3. cast back; reflected, as light, color, etc.
4. bent or turned back.
5. designating a radio apparatus in which the same circuit or part performs two functions.

1. Also calledre&prim;flex act&prim;.movement caused by a reflex response.
2. Also calledre&prim;flex ac&prim;tion.the entire physiological process activating such movement.
2. any automatic, unthinking, often habitual behavior or response.
3. the reflection or image of an object, as exhibited by a mirror or the like.
4. a reproduction, as if in a mirror.
5. a copy; adaptation.
6. reflected light, color, etc.
7. an element in a language, as a sound, that has developed from a corresponding element in an earlier form of the language:(ō) in “stone” is a reflex of Old English ā. The
8. a reflex radio receiver.
9. a reflex camera.

1. to subject to a reflex process.
2. to bend, turn, or fold back.
3. to arrange in a reflex system.