Reflex
noun
An automatic reaction or response to something.
Touching a hot stove triggers an immediate reflex to pull your hand away.
Often appears as...
- reflex action
- reflex response
adjective
Happening without thinking as a reaction to something.
He raised his arm in a reflex action.
Often appears as...
- reflex action
- reflex response
noun
A mirrored reflection, or a light or sound that gets reflected.
She saw her reflex in the mirror.
Often appears as...
- light reflex
- sound reflex
noun
A method in photography in which the light coming through the lens is reflected onto the viewfinder so the photographer can see the image before capturing it.
He liked using a reflex camera for his photography.
Often appears as...
- reflex camera
- single-lens reflex
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Technical
noun
An automatic reaction or response to something.
Touching a hot stove triggers an immediate reflex to pull your hand away.
Often appears as...
- reflex action
- reflex response
adjective
Happening without thinking as a reaction to something.
He raised his arm in a reflex action.
Often appears as...
- reflex action
- reflex response
noun
A mirrored reflection, or a light or sound that gets reflected.
She saw her reflex in the mirror.
Often appears as...
- light reflex
- sound reflex
noun
A method in photography in which the light coming through the lens is reflected onto the viewfinder so the photographer can see the image before capturing it.
He liked using a reflex camera for his photography.
Often appears as...
- reflex camera
- single-lens reflex
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Involuntary Action
Reflex refers to actions your body does automatically, without you deciding to do them.
Knee-jerk is a common reflex test by doctors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
A reflex isn't controlled by conscious thought; it happens instinctively.
Blinking when something approaches your eyes is a reflex.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Response
Reflex actions are typically very fast, protecting us from harm.
The reflex to cough instantly clears the throat.
Pro Tip 1/3Involuntary Action
Reflex refers to actions your body does automatically, without you deciding to do them.
Knee-jerk is a common reflex test by doctors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
A reflex isn't controlled by conscious thought; it happens instinctively.
Blinking when something approaches your eyes is a reflex.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Response
Reflex actions are typically very fast, protecting us from harm.
The reflex to cough instantly clears the throat.
Pro Tip 1/3Involuntary Action
Reflex refers to actions your body does automatically, without you deciding to do them.
Knee-jerk is a common reflex test by doctors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Deliberate
A reflex isn't controlled by conscious thought; it happens instinctively.
Blinking when something approaches your eyes is a reflex.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Response
Reflex actions are typically very fast, protecting us from harm.
The reflex to cough instantly clears the throat.
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A robot that runs and...
I was expecting the robot to immediately fall over, because there are no sensors, no fast feedback loop. But no, just the mechanics stabilized the gait, and the robot doesn't fall over. Obviously, if you make the step bigger, and if you have obstacles, you need the full control loops and reflexes and everything. But what's important here is that just for small perturbation,
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
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Israel and Iran: A love...
So I don't know what to do, so my first reflex, as a graphic designer, is, you know, to show everybody what I'd just seen, and people started to see them and to share them, and that's how it started. The day after, when really it became a lot of talking, I said to myself, and my wife said to me,
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
It's something very different. It starts way up here, but then it's a free fall. It's very much like they brought into this world the reflex that orients them to people, but it has no traction. It's almost as if that stimulus -- you -- you're not exerting influence on what happens
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Why do we cry? The three...
The gas stings Iris, and suddenly, she can't help it, she starts weeping uncontrollably. These reflex tears are different from the basal tears that Iris is used to. Because they're designed to wash away harmful substances, or particles, they're released in much larger amounts,
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Portugese Manowar PIPE...
can tell this no meais or Manowar fish has only a limited immunity to the venom so it mainly relies on its small size and keen reflexes that quickly swim out of the way of those stingers other fish are attracted to its seemingly protected
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Why is yawning...
an initial yawn. This is called fixed action pattern. Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.
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Why you think you're...
reflexes rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. So now, I'd like you to imagine playing a very different role, that of the scout. The scout's job is not to attack or defend.
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Ten Million Starlings...
they turn an exact synchrony with their nearest neighbors but the tiniest delay in their reflexes helped create these mesmeric waves in the sky until recently the spectacle could only be seen from the ground
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
is almost identical to that responsible for respiration in amphibians. Another group of scientists believe that the reflex is retained in us today because it actually provides an important advantage.
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A robot that runs and...
I was expecting the robot to immediately fall over, because there are no sensors, no fast feedback loop. But no, just the mechanics stabilized the gait, and the robot doesn't fall over. Obviously, if you make the step bigger, and if you have obstacles, you need the full control loops and reflexes and everything. But what's important here is that just for small perturbation,
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
fast cats reflexes really are from the point where they sweep the whiskers forward with the muscles contract and then relax back and the whiskers spring back again the mass doesn't have a chance far thicker and longer than normal hares whiskers also sit three times deeper in the skin where they attach to nerve endings telling the cat
Video examples
Israel and Iran: A love...
So I don't know what to do, so my first reflex, as a graphic designer, is, you know, to show everybody what I'd just seen, and people started to see them and to share them, and that's how it started. The day after, when really it became a lot of talking, I said to myself, and my wife said to me,
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
It's something very different. It starts way up here, but then it's a free fall. It's very much like they brought into this world the reflex that orients them to people, but it has no traction. It's almost as if that stimulus -- you -- you're not exerting influence on what happens
Video examples
Why do we cry? The three...
The gas stings Iris, and suddenly, she can't help it, she starts weeping uncontrollably. These reflex tears are different from the basal tears that Iris is used to. Because they're designed to wash away harmful substances, or particles, they're released in much larger amounts,
Video examples
Portugese Manowar PIPE...
can tell this no meais or Manowar fish has only a limited immunity to the venom so it mainly relies on its small size and keen reflexes that quickly swim out of the way of those stingers other fish are attracted to its seemingly protected
Video examples
Why is yawning...
an initial yawn. This is called fixed action pattern. Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex. Your yawn makes me yawn. Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn in a person nearby that has observed the act.
Video examples
Why you think you're...
reflexes rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. So now, I'd like you to imagine playing a very different role, that of the scout. The scout's job is not to attack or defend.
Video examples
Ten Million Starlings...
they turn an exact synchrony with their nearest neighbors but the tiniest delay in their reflexes helped create these mesmeric waves in the sky until recently the spectacle could only be seen from the ground
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
is almost identical to that responsible for respiration in amphibians. Another group of scientists believe that the reflex is retained in us today because it actually provides an important advantage.
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Sania Mirza
Indian Athlete
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
A world where wages no longer rise still needs consumers. Middle-class purchasing power has been maintained through loans, loans and more loans. The Calvinistic reflex that you have to work for your money has turned into a license for inequality.
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Bernard Hopkins
American Athlete
When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.
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Lucy Lawless
New Zealander Actress
I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them.
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Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.
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Stephen Hough
British Composer
I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex quite early on not to be attached to anything that might be taken away.
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Luxembourger Politician
Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.
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Sania Mirza
Indian Athlete
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.
Quote examples
Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
A world where wages no longer rise still needs consumers. Middle-class purchasing power has been maintained through loans, loans and more loans. The Calvinistic reflex that you have to work for your money has turned into a license for inequality.
Quote examples
Bernard Hopkins
American Athlete
When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.
Quote examples
Lucy Lawless
New Zealander Actress
I was black and blue for about two years, but it's paid off tremendously. You know, if you get enough whacks, your reflexes pick up, and I've become quite good - if somebody throws keys or something, I can catch them.
Quote examples
Ernie Harwell
American Celebrity
Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.
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Stephen Hough
British Composer
I wanted to be a monk at some time in my life, or a priest, so there was a kind of reflex quite early on not to be attached to anything that might be taken away.
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Luxembourger Politician
Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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Emma Goldman
Russian Activist
Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.
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