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deferent

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfəɹənt/

The English word “deferent” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Showing deference; deferential.
  2. Serving to carry; bearing.

noun

  1. A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
  2. 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.
  3. That which carries or conveys.

Etymology

From defer and deference; see -ent.

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