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How to pronounce “reflex

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Practice the English pronunciation of reflex with real speech in context.
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The End of AverageSo how many of you know the stepping reflex?
Definition summary
An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

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How to pronounce reflex

The End of Average

So how many of you know the stepping reflex?

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A Deep Dive Into “reflex

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
  • (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
  • (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.
  • [Adjective]
  • Bent, turned back or reflected.
  • Produced automatically by a stimulus.
  • (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
  • (painting) Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
  • [Verb]
  • (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.

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