English Dictionary

reflex

/ˈɹiːflɛks/

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.

I have a reflex to blink when something comes towards my eyes.

意味（1）

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

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.

意味（2）

(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

Coordinate term: cognate

意味（3）

(linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.

The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 (mwoy)

意味（4）

The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.

The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of Little Red Riding-hood and others.

意味（5）

(chiefly photography) Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.