reflexible
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a word derived from
reflex.
reflexadjectivenoting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
Example Sentences
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The Sun's Light consists of Rays differing in Reflexibility, and those Rays are more reflexible than others which are more refrangible.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton
The most reflexible rays are the most refrangible, and from hence he evinces that the same power is the cause both of the reflection and refraction of light.
From Letters on England by Voltaire
And Rays are more or less reflexible, which are turned back more or less easily.
From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Sir Isaac Newton