'Deferent' definitions:
Definition of 'deferent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential, regardful]
Definition of 'Deferent'
From: GCIDE
- Deferent \Def"er*ent\, a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See
- 3d Defer.] Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deferent'
From: GCIDE
- Deferent \Def"er*ent\, n.
- 1. That which carries or conveys. [1913 Webster]
- Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]