DEFERENT

deferent, deferential, regardful

(adjective) showing deference

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

Showing deference.

(obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

(anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.

(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.

(obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Source: Wiktionary

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Def"er*ent, a. Etym: [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]

Definition: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.

Def"er*ent, n.

1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.

2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)

Definition: An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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