reflex

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- +‎ flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect. === Pronunciation === (noun, adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːflɛks/ IPA(key): (verb) /ɹɪˈflɛks/ === Noun === reflex (plural reflexes) An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. 1970, Stanisław Lem, trans. Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox, Solaris: For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again. (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language. Antonym: etymon Coordinate term: cognate (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant. The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth. (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === reflex (comparative more reflex, superlative most reflex) Bent, turned back or reflected. Produced automatically by a stimulus. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. 1958, Howard Fehr, “On Teaching Dihedral Angle and Steradian” in The Mathematics Teacher, v 51, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, page 275: If the reflex region is the interior of the angle, the dihedral angle is reflex. 2004, Ana Paula Tomás and António Leslie Bajuelos, “Quadratic-Time Linear-Space Algorithms Generating Orthogonal Polygons with a Given Number of Vertices”, in Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2004 Proceedings, part 3, Springer, page 117: P denotes a polygon and r the number of reflex vertices. (painting) Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture. ==== Synonyms ==== (of an angle): re-entrant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === reflex (third-person singular simple present reflexes, present participle reflexing, simple past and past participle reflexed) (transitive) To bend back or turn back over itself. (transitive, obsolete) To reflect (light, sight, etc.). (transitive, obsolete) To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of. (transitive, obsolete) To cast (beams of light) on something. To respond to a stimulus. === Anagrams === Flexer == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin reflexus. First attested in 1803. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [rəˈfle̞ks] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [rəˈflɛks] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [reˈflɛks] === Adjective === reflex (feminine reflexa, masculine plural reflexos, feminine plural reflexes) reflected Synonym: reflectit (psychology) reflex acte reflex ― reflex action (botany) reflexed (linguistics) reflexive Synonym: reflexiu === Noun === reflex m (plural reflexos) reflection (something that is reflected) Synonym: reflexió reflex (an automatic response to a simple stimulus) === References === === Further reading === “reflex”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “reflex” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “reflex”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Reflex, from French réflexe, from Latin reflexus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrɛflɛks] === Noun === reflex m inan reflex ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “reflex”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “reflex”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “reflex”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French réflexe, from Latin reflexus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reːˈflɛks/, /rəˈflɛks/ Hyphenation: re‧flex Rhymes: -ɛks === Noun === reflex m (plural reflexen, diminutive reflexjes n) reflex (automatic response by an organism) Synonym: reflexus ==== Derived terms ==== reflexachtig reflexmatig ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: refleks == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Reflex, from French réflexe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈrɛflɛks] Hyphenation: ref‧lex Rhymes: -ɛks === Noun === reflex (plural reflexek) reflex (an automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing) (photography) reflection Synonyms: visszfény, tükröződés ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === reflex in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French réflexe, from Latin Reflex. === Adjective === reflex m or n (feminine singular reflexă, masculine plural reflecși, feminine/neuter plural reflexe) reflex ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From French réflexe, first attested 1811. === Noun === reflex c a reflex, a (quick and spontaneous) reaction a reflector (tag, strip or band; carried by pedestrians and bicyclists to be visible from automobiles) a reflex (reflection) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== betingad reflex (“conditioned reflex”) reflexbricka (“safety reflector, reflective tag”) reflexväst (“reflective vest, high-visibility vest”) === References === “reflex”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “reflex”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)