Noun: reflex
| Singular | reflex |
| Plural | reflexes |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1970, Stanisław Lem, trans. Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox, Solaris]
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He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive. [2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:]
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The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 [2011, Ki-Moon Lee, S. Robert Ramsey, A history of the Korean language:]
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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. [1898, Christian Brinton, The Century:]
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A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.
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Yon gray is not the morning’s eye,
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’Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow. [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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On the depths of death there swims
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The reflex of a human face. [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Epilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:]
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Lucy is sleeping soundly; the reflex of the dawn is high and far over the sea[.] [1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 88:]
Nouns inflected like reflex
penniless-bench,
wintergrass,
kitchen pass,
grey fox,
grey box,
trailer hitch,
paleness,
loaded march,
Tush Push,
horribleness,
slaughteress,
chapparvovirus,
greenwax,
royal flush,
crab cactus,
geostress,
syngas,
wintercress,
ichthys,
ichthus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect.
Verbs referencing "reflex"
Finnish Nouns
refleksi, Polish Nouns
refleks, Irish Nouns
reifléacseolaí, Spanish Nouns
réflex.