Deferent

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /'dÉ›fəɹənt/

Origin

From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Full definition of deferent

Adjective

1. Showing deference.
2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
• Francis BaconBodies deferent.

Derived terms

• deferently

Related terms

• deferential

Noun

1. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
• Francis BaconThough air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.
2. (obsolete, 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.----