reflex

reflex
noun
ADJECTIVE
fast, good, lightning, quick

He reacts with lightning fast reflexes.

poor
automatic
natural
conditioned
VERB + REFLEX
trigger

The rapid movement of an object close to the eye triggers an automatic reflex.

control
hone, sharpen

The training is designed to sharpen the fighter's reflexes.

slow

Alcohol can slow your reflexes.

suppress
test

The doctor tested her reflexes.

REFLEX + NOUN
action, response

Almost as a reflex action, I grab my pen as the phone rings.

PREPOSITION
by reflex

Almost by reflex, he helped himself to a drink.


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  • reflex — [ reflɛks ] adj. et n. m. • 1922; mot angl. ♦ Se dit d un appareil de photo où la visée s effectue par un objectif (si c est le même objectif que pour la prise de vue, l image est renvoyée par un système de prismes). Appareil reflex. N. m. Des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reflex — REFLÉX, Ă, reflecşi, xe, adj., s.n. I. adj. (fiziol.; despre acte sau mişcări ale organismului) Produs în mod spontan, independent de voinţă. ♢ Act reflex (şi substantivat, n.) = reacţie bruscă şi automată a organismului animal sau uman la o… …   Dicționar Român

  • ReFLEX — is a wireless protocol developed by Motorola which is used for two way paging. The Motorola PageWriter released in 1996 was one of the first devices to use the ReFLEX network protocol.VersionsReFLEX is based on the one way FLEX protocol and… …   Wikipedia

  • Reflex — Reflex, Renting Abierto Saltar a navegación, búsqueda …   Wikipedia Español

  • Reflex — Re flex (r? fl?ks; formerly r?*fl?ks ), n. [L. reflexus a bending back. See {Reflect}.] 1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. [1913 Webster] Yon gray is not the morning s eye, Tis but the pale reflex of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reflex — Re flex (r? fl?ks), a. [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F. r[ e]flexe. See {Reflect}.] 1. Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. [1913 Webster] The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reflex — [rē′fleks΄; ] for v., also [ ri fleks′] n. [< L reflexus, reflected, pp. of reflectere: see REFLECT] 1. a) reflection, as of light b) light or color resulting from reflection 2. a reflected image, likeness, or reproduction 3 …   English World dictionary

  • reflex — (n.) c.1500, reflection of light, from the verb meaning refract, deflect (late 14c.), from L.L. reflexus a bending back, properly pp. of reflectere (see REFLECTION (Cf. reflection)). Meaning involuntary nerve stimulation first recorded 1877, from …   Etymology dictionary

  • réflex — (Del ingl. reflex). 1. adj. Dicho de una cámara fotográfica: Que tiene un visor para ver la misma imagen que saldrá en la fotografía. 2. f. Cámara fotográfica con este tipo de visor …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • reflex — ► NOUN 1) an action performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus. 2) a thing that reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else. 3) archaic a reflected source of light. ► ADJECTIVE 1) performed as a reflex.… …   English terms dictionary

  • Reflex — Re*flex (r?*fl?ks ), v. t. [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere. See {Reflect}.] 1. To reflect. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To bend back; to turn back. J. Gregory. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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