noun.
Reflection; an image produced by reflection.
noun.
A mere copy; an adapted form: as, a Middle Latin reflex of an Old French word.
noun.
Light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade; hence, in painting, the illumination of one body or a part of it by light reflected from another body represented in the same piece. See reflected light, under reflected.
noun.
Same as reflex action (which see, under reflex, a.).
To bend back; turn back.
To reflect; cast or throw, as light; let shine.
Thrown or turned backward; having a backward direction; reflective; reactive.
In painting, illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture. See reflected light, under reflected.
In oiol., bent back; reflexed.
A sensation supposed to be produced by the irritation of an efferent or motor nerve: but the existence of the phenomenon is denied.