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Knee-jerk Reflex

Definition: Knee-jerk Reflex

Knee-jerk Reflex

Noun

1. A reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms: Knee-jerk Reflex

Synonyms: knee jerk (n), patellar reflex (n). (additional references)

Alternative Orthography: Knee-jerk Reflex

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 6E 65 65 2D 6A 65 72 6B 52 65 66 6C 65 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101110 01100101 01100101 00101101 01101010 01100101 01110010 01101011 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 006E 0065 0065 002D 006A 0065 0072 006B 0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4580717115767184772527172787190

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography

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