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| Reflueus | a. [ L. refluus. ] Refluent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflex | a. [ L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F. réflexe. See Reflect. ] 1. Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. [ 1913 Webster ] The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reflex action (Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells. --
Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Reflex | n. [ L. reflexus a bending back. See Reflect. ] 1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. [ 1913 Webster ] Yon gray is not the morning's eye,
'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] On the depths of death there swims
The reflex of a human face. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Physiol.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action. [ 1913 Webster ]
Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Reflex | v. t. [ L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere. See Reflect. ] 1. To reflect. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexed | a. Bent backward or outward. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexibility | n. [ Cf. F. réflexibilité. ] The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexible | a. [ CF. F. réflexible. ] Capable of being reflected, or thrown back. [ 1913 Webster ] The light of the sun consists of rays differently refrangible and reflexible. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexion | n. See Reflection. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexity | n. The state or condition of being reflected. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexive | a. 1. [ Cf. F. réflexif. ] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. [ 1913 Webster ] Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Implying censure. [ Obs. ] “What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?” South. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Re*flex"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flex"ive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Reflexly | adv. In a reflex manner; reflectively. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | Reflex | รีเฟล็กซ์ [TU Subject Heading] | | reflex | รีเฟล็กซ์, พฤติกรรมที่อยู่นอกอำนาจจิตใจแสดงออกโดยที่ส่วนใดส่วนหนึ่งของร่างกายตอบสนองในทันทีทันใดต่อสิ่งเร้าที่มากระตุ้น [พจนานุกรมศัพท์ สสวท.] | | reflex action | รีเฟล็กซ์แอกชัน, การกระทำที่อยู่นอกอำนาจจิตใจที่ส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดของร่างกายตอบสนองในทันทีทันใดต่อสิ่งเร้า [พจนานุกรมศัพท์ สสวท.] | | reflex arc | รีเฟลกซ์อาร์ก, ส่วนของระบบประสาทที่เกี่ยวกับพฤติกรรมรีเฟลกซ์ ซึ่งประกอบด้วยหน่วยรับความรู้สึก เซลล์ประสาทรับความรู้สึก ระบบประสาทส่วนกลาง เซลล์ประสาทนำคำสั่ง และหน่วยปฏิบัติงาน [พจนานุกรมศัพท์ สสวท.] |
| | | | | | reflex | (n) an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus, Syn. physiological reaction, instinctive reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex | | reflex angle | (n) an angle greater than 180 degrees (but less than 360) | | reflex arc | (n) the neural path of a reflex | | reflex camera | (n) camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed | | reflexed | (adj) (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees | | reflex epilepsy | (n) a form of epilepsy in which attacks are induced by peripheral stimulation | | reflexive | (adj) referring back to itself, Syn. self-referent | | reflexive pronoun | (n) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent, Syn. reflexive | | reflexive verb | (n) a verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent, Example: the sentence `he washed' has a reflexive verb; `perjure' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself | | reflexivity | (n) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent, Syn. reflexiveness |
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