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re⋅flex⋅ive
[ri-flek-siv]
–adjective
| 1. | Grammar.
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| 2. | reflex; responsive. |
| 3. | able to reflect; reflective. |
| 4. | Mathematics.
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–noun
| 5. | Grammar. a reflexive verb or pronoun. |
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re·flex·ive (rĭ-flěk'sĭv) adj.
A reflexive verb or pronoun. See Usage Note at myself. re·flex'ive·ly adv., re·flex'ive·ness, re'flex·iv'i·ty (rē'flěk-sĭv'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Reflexive
Re*flex"ive\ (-?v), a. 1. [Cf. F. r['e]flexif.] Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. --Hammond. 2. Implying censure. [Obs.] "What man does not resent an ugly reflexive word?" --South. 3. (Gram.) Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective. -- Re*flex"ive*ly, adv. -- Re*flex"ive*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : reflexive
Spanish:
reflexivo,
German:
Reflektiv-…,
Japanese:
再帰の
Main Entry: re·flex·ive
Pronunciation: ri-'flek-siv
Function: adjective
: characterized by habitual and unthinking behavior; also : relating to or consisting of a reflex
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| reflexive (rĭ-flěk'sĭv) Pronunciation Key
Of or relating to a mathematical or logical relation such that, for any given element, that element has the given relation to itself. Equality in mathematics is a reflexive relation, since a = a for all a, whereas the relation of being 'less than' is not, since it is not true that a < a for any a. |
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reflexive theory
A relation R is reflexive if, for all x, x R x.
Equivalence relations, pre-orders, partial orders and total orders are all reflexive.
(1999-01-28)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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