{"id":43209,"date":"2025-04-27T11:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=43209"},"modified":"2025-04-27T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:25:47","slug":"reflex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/04\/27\/reflex\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Reflex-0.mp3\">Reflex-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Reflex-0.mp4\">Reflex-0.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Reflex-I.mp3\">Reflex-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Reflex-I.mp4\">Reflex-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Reflex-intro.mp3\">Reflex-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nOpen wide<br \/>\n(Spill the inside)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nMore than one hundred and eighty degrees<br \/>\n(Feel the breeze)<br \/>\nWhat do you have to say<br \/>\n(Taking the long, long way)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen wide<br \/>\n(Spill the inside)<br \/>\nDigging deep<br \/>\n(The bigger, bent-back sweep)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMoving toward<br \/>\n(Bending backward)<br \/>\nReflex!<br \/>\n(Perplex)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nOpen the door far and wide<br \/>\n(Reveal all that&#8217;s inside)<br \/>\nBeyond an open book<br \/>\n(Just take a look)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen wide<br \/>\n(Spill the inside)<br \/>\nDigging deep<br \/>\n(The bigger, bent-back sweep)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMoving toward<br \/>\n(Bending backward)<br \/>\nReflex!<br \/>\n(Perplex)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nOpen wide<br \/>\n(Spill the inside)<br \/>\nDigging deep<br \/>\n(The bigger, bent-back sweep)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nMoving toward<br \/>\n(Bending backward)<br \/>\nReflex!<br \/>\n(Perplex)<\/p>\n<p>A MATH AND SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"84\">A <strong data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"18\">reflex angle<\/strong> is any angle that measures <strong data-start=\"46\" data-end=\"83\">more than 180\u00b0 but less than 360\u00b0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"254\">Imagine swinging a door almost all the way open \u2014 the wide space between the door and the frame is like a reflex angle. It&#8217;s the <em data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"220\">big<\/em> angle going <em data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"241\">around<\/em> the outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"256\" data-end=\"273\">Quick comparison:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"371\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"293\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"276\" data-end=\"293\">90\u00b0 \u2192 right angle<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"316\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"316\">180\u00b0 \u2192 straight line<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"371\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"371\"><strong data-start=\"319\" data-end=\"371\">More than 180\u00b0 but less than 360\u00b0 \u2192 reflex angle<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"97\">The word <strong data-start=\"24\" data-end=\"34\">reflex<\/strong> comes from the Latin <em data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"71\">&#8220;reflectere,&#8221;<\/em> meaning <strong data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"96\">to bend back<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"356\">In a <strong data-start=\"104\" data-end=\"120\">reflex angle<\/strong>, instead of measuring the <em data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"154\">small<\/em> angle between two lines, you&#8217;re measuring the <em data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"220\">bigger, bent-back<\/em> sweep \u2014 the part that &#8220;wraps around&#8221; past 180\u00b0. It\u2019s like you&#8217;re <strong data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"316\">bending the angle backward<\/strong> to cover the larger part of the circle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"361\">So:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"498\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"425\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"425\"><strong data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"382\">Regular angles<\/strong> measure the &#8220;short way&#8221; between two lines.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"498\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"498\"><strong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"445\">Reflex angles<\/strong> measure the &#8220;long way&#8221; \u2014 bending <em data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"487\">around<\/em> the point.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/angle\/\">Angle<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflex-0.mp3 Reflex-0.mp4 Reflex-I.mp3 Reflex-I.mp4 Reflex-intro.mp3 [Intro] Open wide (Spill the inside) [Verse 1] More than one hundred and eighty degrees (Feel the breeze) What do you have to say (Taking the long, long way) [Chorus] Open wide (Spill the inside) Digging deep (The bigger, bent-back sweep) [Bridge] Moving toward (Bending backward) Reflex! 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