REFLEX Re"flex (r"flks; formerly r*flks"), n. Etym: [L. reflexus a bending back. See Reflect.]
1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one
in shade.
Yon gray is not the morning's eye, 'Tis but the pale reflex of
Cynthia's brow. Shak.
On the depths of death there swims The reflex of a human face.
Tennyson.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: An involuntary movement produced by reflex action. Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.
REFLEX
Re*flex" (r*flks"), v. t. Etym: [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere.
See Reflect.]
1. To reflect. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory.
REFLEXED
Re*flexed" (r*flkst"), a.
Defn: Bent backward or outward.
REFLEXIBILITY
Re*flex`i*bil"i*ty (r*flks`*bl"*t), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réflexibilité.]