Meaning Of The Word Deferent

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deferent in American English 1
deferential
adjective: marked by or showing deference

deferent in American English 2
carrying down or out
adjective: conveying away; efferent
noun: the circle around the earth in which a celestial body or the center of the epicycle of its orbit was thought to move

deferent in British English 1
adjective

deferent in British English 2
adjective: (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc, outwards, down, or away; efferent
noun: (in the Ptolemaic system) a circle centred on the earth around which the centre of the epicycle was thought to move

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