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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From defer and deference; see -ent.
Adjective
deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)
- Showing deference; deferential.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.
Noun
deferent (plural deferents)
- (anatomy) A duct in the body serving to carry, 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.
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)
- (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
- ^ “deferent, adj.2”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “defferent, n. and adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “deferent, adj.1 and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Verb
dēferent
- third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēferēns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈfɛ.rɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɛnt
- Syllabification: de‧fe‧rent
Noun
deferent m inan
- (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
Further reading
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)
- deferential
Declension