deferent

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See also: déférent and défèrent

English

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Etymology

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From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

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Adjective

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deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference; deferential.
  2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      Bodies deferent.

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Noun

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deferent (plural deferents)

  1. (anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
  2. (historical, 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.
  3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

Latin

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Verb

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dēferent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dēferēns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɛˈfɛ.rɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
  • Syllabification: de‧fe‧rent

Noun

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deferent m inan

  1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) deferent (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)
    Synonym: deferens
    Coordinate term: epicykl

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.

Adjective

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deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine and neuter plural deferente)

  1. deferential

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