Definition of Deferent
Def´er`ent
a.
1.
Serving
to
carry
;
bearing
.
n.
1.
That
which
carries
or
conveys
.
Though
air
be
the
most
favorable
deferent
of
sounds
.
- Bacon.
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
.
Related Words
deferential
,
regardful
,
respectful
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