Reflex
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Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitationwithout the necessary intervention of consciousness. Reflex action(Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of animpulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nervecenter, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so callsinto action certain muscles, organs, or cells.-- Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory.
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To pull someone again.
Derived from 'Flex' (a general verb but usually indicating to pull someone
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When you reenact the initial [Flex].
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Reflex in Hang gliding. A narrow upward curve of the airfoil along a section of the wing parallel to the keel. This provides the hangglider with some stability in pitch and makes it want to pull out of a dive.
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a physical reaction to something that you cannot control:
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