Reflex

English Meaning

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

1. Bent, turned, or thrown back; reflected.
2. Physiology Being an involuntary action or response, such as a sneeze, blink, or hiccup.
3. Produced as an automatic response or reaction: reflex opposition to change.
4. Something, such as light or heat, that is reflected.
5. An image produced by reflection.
6. A copy or reproduction.
7. Physiology An involuntary response to a stimulus.
8. Psychology An unlearned or instinctive response to a stimulus.
9. Linguistics A form or feature that reflects or represents an earlier, often reconstructed, form or feature having undergone phonetic or other change.
10. To bend, turn back, or reflect.
11. To cause to undergo a reflex process.