Reflex-angle
noun, Geometry.
1.
an angle greater than 180° and less than 360°.
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adjective 1. bent backward or downward, as a leaf. adjective 1. Physiology. noting 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. 2. occurring in reaction; responsive. 3. cast back; reflected, as light, […]
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