Reflex
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:17 pts6 letters
Definition of Reflex
Noun
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
"A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder."