reflexnoun
uk/ˈriː.fleks/us/ˈriː.fleks/[ C ] a physical reaction to something that you cannot control:
I'm sorry I punched him, it was a reflex action/response.
reflexes [ plural ]
the ability to react quickly:
Fighter pilots need good/fast reflexes.
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Reacting and responding
- backlash
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- greet
- knob
- react
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexive
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- responsive
- rise
- sensitive
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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Responding to an attack
reflexadjective
uk/ˈriː.fleks/us/ˈriː.fleks/specializedA reflex angle is more than 180° and less than 360°.
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acute adjective
obtuse
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- right angle
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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