deferent.
Showing deference; deferential.
Meaning & usage
Showing deference; deferential.
Where this word comes from
From defer and deference; see -ent.
A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one.
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.
That which carries or conveys.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Serving to carry; bearing.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
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