Stretch reflex
stretch reflex n.
See myotatic reflex.
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noun, plural stretti [stret-ee] /ˈstrɛt i/ (Show IPA), strettos. Music. 1. the close overlapping of statements of the subject in a fugue, each voice entering immediately after the preceding one. noun (pl) -tos, -ti (-tiː) 1. (in a fugue) the close overlapping of two parts or voices, the second one entering before the first has […]