Reflexive may refer to: In fiction: *

Metafiction Metafiction is a form of fiction which emphasises its own narrative structure in a way that continually reminds the audience that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. Metafiction is self-conscious about language, literary form, and story ...

In grammar: * Reflexive pronoun, a pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self-identical antecedent * Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the same In mathematics and computer science: * Reflexive relation, a relation where elements of a set are self-related *

Reflexive user interface Reflexive may refer to: In fiction: *Metafiction In grammar: *Reflexive pronoun, a pronoun with a reflexive relationship with its self-identical antecedent *Reflexive verb, where a semantic agent and patient are the same In mathematics and compu ...

, an interface that permits its own

command verb In human–computer interaction, a command verb is a verb that appears in a user interface and is used for the user to tell the computer to do something (rather than vice versa). For instance, the words "edit" and "view" and "help" that appear in ...

s and sometimes underlying code to be edited *

Reflexive operator algebra In functional analysis, a reflexive operator algebra ''A'' is an operator algebra that has enough invariant subspaces to characterize it. Formally, ''A'' is reflexive if it is equal to the algebra of bounded operators which leave invariant each sub ...

, an operator algebra that has enough invariant subspaces to characterize it * Reflexive space, a subset of Banach spaces *

Reflexive bilinear form In mathematics, a bilinear form is a bilinear map on a vector space (the elements of which are called '' vectors'') over a field ''K'' (the elements of which are called ''scalars''). In other words, a bilinear form is a function that is linear i ...

, a bilinear form for which the order of a pair of vectors does not affect whether it evaluates to zero. In biology *

Reflexive antagonism Reciprocal inhibition describes the relaxation of muscles on one side of a joint to accommodate contraction on the other side. In some allied health disciplines, this is known as reflexive antagonism. The central nervous system sends a message to ...

, the phenomenon by which muscles with opposing functions tend to antagonistically inhibit each other. Other uses: * Reflexive Entertainment, a video game developer *

Reflexivity (social theory) In epistemology, and more specifically, the sociology of knowledge, reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect, especially as embedded in human belief structures. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the ...

, a concept in social theory relating to the capacity of an individual agent to act against influences of socialization and social structure

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