reflexive

adj 1: (physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the

automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong

light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

[syn: {automatic}, {reflex(a)}]

2: (grammar) referring back to itself [syn: {self-referent}]

n : a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's

action affects itself [syn: {reflexive pronoun}]

reflexive

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)