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deferent en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From defer and deference; see -ent.
Meanings
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Showing deference; deferential.
Forms
Deriveds
deferently
Relateds
deferential
Translations (5)
ru почти́тельный (showing deference) · tl masunurin (showing deference) · bg почти́телен (showing deference) · es deferente (showing deference) · fa باادب (showing deference)
deferent en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
Bodies deferent.
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:
deferent en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Meanings
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A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
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(historical, qualifier: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.
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(obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds
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:
Forms
Coordinates
epicycle
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