deferent
IPA: dɛfɝʌnt
noun
- (anatomy) A deferent duct in the body, as opposed to an afferent one.
- (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.
- (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
adjective
- Showing deference; deferential.
- (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
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