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Deferent

Deferent Meaning & Definition
Deferent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deferent?

[adj] showing deference

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deferent: deferential | regardful | respectful

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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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