deferent

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See also: déférent and défèrent

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From defer and deference; see -ent.

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference; deferential.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

  1. (anatomy) A duct in the body serving to carry, as opposed to an afferent one.
  2. (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.
  3. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds

Adjective

deferent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      Bodies deferent.

References

  1. ^ “deferent, adj.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “defferent, n. and adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  3. ^ “deferent, adj.1 and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Latin

Verb

dēferent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēferēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈfɛ.rɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
  • Syllabification: de‧fe‧rent

Noun

deferent m inan

  1. (historical, Ptolemaic astronomy) deferent (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)
    Synonym: deferens
    Coordinate term: epicykl

Declension

Declension of deferent
singular plural
nominative deferent deferenty
genitive deferenta deferentów
dative deferentowi deferentom
accusative deferent deferenty
instrumental deferentem deferentami
locative deferencie deferentach
vocative deferencie deferenty
adjectives
nouns

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déférent, from Latin deferens.

Adjective

deferent m or n (feminine singular deferentă, masculine plural deferenți, feminine and neuter plural deferente)

  1. deferential

Declension

Declension of deferent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite deferent deferentă deferenți deferente
definite deferentul deferenta deferenții deferentele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite deferent deferente deferenți deferente
definite deferentului deferentei deferenților deferentelor
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