About The Word Deferent
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Deferent
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What's The Definition Of Deferent?
[adj] showing deference
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deferent: deferential | regardful | respectful Related Terms | Find terms related to Deferent: See Also | Deferent In Webster's Dictionary \Def"er*ent\, a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See
3d {Defer}.]
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.) 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. |
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