Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being reflected or thrown back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
reflected , or thrown back.
Etymologies
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Compare French réflexible.
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Examples
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The most reflexible rays are the most refrangible, and from hence he evinces that the same power is the cause both of the reflection and refraction of light.
Letter XVI-On Sir Isaac Newton’s Optics Voltaire 1909
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The most reflexible rays are the most refrangible, and from hence he evinces that the same power is the cause both of the reflection and refraction of light.
Letters on England 1694-1778 Voltaire 1736
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