1. reflected heat, light, or color
2. a mirrored image
3. a copy exact in essential or peculiar features
4. an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that typically involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to the spinal cord and then passing outward from the spinal cord to an effector (such as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness and often without passing to the brain
the knee-jerk reflex
5. the process that culminates in a reflex and comprises reception, transmission, and reaction — called also reflex action
6. the power of acting or responding with adequate speed
7. a way of thinking or behaving
8. a linguistic element (such as a word or sound) or system (such as writing) that is derived from a prior and especially an older element or system
boat is the reflex of Old English bāt
9. directed back on the mind or its operations introspective
10. reflexed
11. produced or carried out in reaction, resistance, or return
12. being between 180° and 360°
13. of, relating to, or produced by a reflex without intervention of consciousness
14. an action or movement of the body that happens automatically as a reaction to something
15. something that you do without thinking as a reaction to something
16. the natural ability to react quickly
17. an action or movement that is made automatically without thinking as a reaction to a stimulus
18. the natural ability to react quickly
A driver needs good reflexes.
19. reflected heat, light, or color
20. an automatic and often inborn response to a stimulus that involves a nerve impulse passing inward from a receptor to the spinal cord and thence outward to an effector (as a muscle or gland) without reaching the level of consciousness and often without passing to the brain
the knee-jerk reflex
21. the process that culminates in a reflex and comprises reception, transmission, and reaction
22. bent, turned, or directed back reflected