Reflex
101reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single lens reflex camera), light passes through the same… …
102Reflex, let down — The let down reflex of the mother is an involuntary reflex during breastfeeding which causes the milk to flow freely …
103Reflex, photic sneeze — A disorder, also known as the achoo syndrome, characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing provoked in a reflex fashion by the sudden exposure of a dark adapted subject to intensely bright light, usually to brilliant sunlight. The …
104Reflex, pressor — A pressor reflex is a neurological (nerve) reflex that constricts arterioles (small blood vessels) and thereby increases the blood pressure. Pressor refers to raising the blood pressure. The word comes from the French presser meaning to exert… …
105reflex control — control of muscular activity by nerve impulses transmitted to the muscles by one of the reflex arcs by which reflex action is maintained …
106reflex myoclonus — myoclonus in response to an external stimulus; see also cortical reflex m. and reflex epilepsy …
107reflex wing — A wing section used to produced a stable all wing aircraft. This wing section is used mainly on hang gliders and microlight aircraft. A reflex wing has a reflex camber (i.e., a wing in which the mean chord line curves upward toward the trailing… …
108reflex sight — veidrodinis taikiklis statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Optinis ar kompiuterinis taikiklis, kuris atspindi tinklinį atvaizdą (ar atvaizdus) ant derinamojo stiklo, kad būtų galima jį „uždėti“ ant taikinio vaizdo. atitikmenys: angl. reflex sight… …
109reflex arc — noun Date: 1882 the complete nervous path involved in a reflex …
110reflex action — noun see reflex I …
