deferent adjective2.
['dɛf(ǝ)r(ǝ)nt] E19.[from DEFER verb2 and DEFERENCE: see -ENT.]Showing deference, deferential.
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deferent noun & adjective1.
['dɛf(ǝ)r(ǝ)nt] LME.[French déférent or (Astron.) its source, medieval Latin deferent-, -ens, use as noun of pres. pple of deferre: see DEFER verb2, -ENT.]A. noun.
1. History of Science. In the Ptolemaic system: the circular orbit of the centre of the epicycle in which a planet was thought to move.
LME.2. A carrying or conducting agent;
spec. (
Anatomy) a deferent duct (see sense B.2 below). Now
rare or
obsolete.
E17.b. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to the deferent in the Ptolemaic system. Only in
LME.2. Carrying or conveying to a particular destination;
spec. (
Anatomy) designating or pertaining to a duct for conveying fluids, e.g. the vas deferens. Now
rare or
obsolete.
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