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   AES to Andrew Reilly   
   Re: SLR?   
   06 Jul 11 19:49:36   
   
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   XPost: alt.photography   
   From: siegman@stanford.edu   
      
   In article <97karrFik8U1@mid.individual.net>,   
    Andrew Reilly  wrote:   
      
   > The dictionary in my Mac seems to have a reasonable definition.  As well   
   > as the medical/biological definitions that you describe it mentions that   
   > "a reflex" is an archaic term for a reflected source of light.  Also   
   > mentions that the word derives (16th century) from the latin "reflexus"   
   > which means 'a bending back', which seems to cover what is going on   
   > fairly well, IMO.   
      
   Indeed -- learn something new every day, esp. on Usenet.   
      
      reflex |?r??fleks|   
      noun   
      • archaic a reflected source of light : the reflex from the   
         window lit his face.   
      
      adjective   
      • (of an angle) exceeding 180°.   
      • archaic (of light) reflected.   
      
   Never encountered that anywhere before (not even in my 4   
   years of high school Latin).   
      
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