DEFERENTS

Noun

deferents

plural of deferent

Source: Wiktionary

DEFERENT

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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