How to pronounce reflex
American English pronunciation
REE-fleks
- IPA
- /ˈɹiflɛks/
- Syllables
- REE · fleks (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What reflex means
Most people know reflex in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
Larger than 180 degrees, said of an angle
In a sentence: The open fan made a reflex angle, wider than a straight line.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin reflexus, bent back, from reflectere, to bend back.
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